Law enforcement agencies would be prohibited from imposing ticket or arrest quotas for officers to meet in a specific time period, if a bipartisan bill becomes Ohio law. State Reps. Bride Rose Sweeney, D-Cleveland, and Kevin Miller, R-Newark, who is a former state trooper, are sponsoring a bill that would end the practice of requiring […]
Rep. Barbara Freiberg authored the bill that would remove student enrollment quotas for charter schools. (Allison Allsop) Louisiana charter schools might soon be able to remove certain enrollment requirements for students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students. It’s a move that parents of those students feel limits their options in a school system based on […]
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Almost 8,000 trainee doctors have walked off the job in South Korea to protest a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, and more are expected to join them. Trainee doctors say the government needs to address pay and working conditions first before boosting […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Trainee doctors in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse Monday in protest of a government medical policy, causing reported delays in surgeries and other treatments at hospitals. Doctors’ groups and the government have been squabbling over a government plan to increase the number of medical school admissions by […]
Polish Agriculture Minister Czesław Siekierski has described farmers’ protests against the influx of goods from Ukraine as justified. Source: European Pravda, citing Czesław Siekierski on Polskie Radio Quote: “Farmers have legitimate concerns, expectations, and demands to limit the excessive flow of goods from Ukraine and other non-European markets to the EU, particularly Poland. Poland and […]
Austrian food company Agrana, which continues to operate in Russia, has claimed that duty-free sugar imports from Ukraine to the European Union cuts into the company’s profits, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported on Jan. 12, citing the company’s CEO, Stefan Büttner. “This (large volumes of duty-free sugar imports from Ukraine to the EU – […]
When you speed around a corner and notice a police car sitting in a nearby parking lot, your first instinct might be to tap your brakes to slow down. But it could be too late. The cop already clocked you driving faster than the posted speed limit and is prepared to give you a ticket. […]
(Bloomberg) — Angola announced it’s leaving OPEC following 16 years of membership amid a dispute over oil production quotas, while the cartel tries to buoy global prices. Most Read from Bloomberg Luanda had rejected a reduced output limit imposed by the leaders of the cartel to reflect the country’s dwindling capacity. The decision to leave […]