WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. monthly consumer prices rose less than initially estimated in December, revised government data showed on Friday. The consumer price index rose 0.2% in December instead of 0.3% as reported last month, annual revisions of the CPI data published by the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed. But data for […]
Ukraine’s leadership is seeking to kickstart a mobilization campaign to replenish the ranks in 2024. For that, it needs an updated legal framework. The government submitted a new draft of the mobilization law to Ukraine’s parliament on Jan. 30, more than two weeks after withdrawing its initial, contentious version. Compared to the current legislation, the […]
Ukraine’s parliamentary Anti-Corruption Committee has found that the amended version of the government’s mobilization bill, submitted to the Ukrainian parliament on Jan. 30, contains provisions that create opportunities for corruption, MP and committee member Viktoria Siumar said in a Facebook post on Feb. 5. According to Siumar, one major corruption risk stems from the draft […]
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a new bill on mobilization and sent it to the parliament, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko announced on Jan. 30. The text of the document has not been made public yet. The Cabinet registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, on conscription issues on Dec 25. In the initial version, the proposed provisions […]
After pushback to her original plan, Gov. Kim Reynolds has rolled out a revised version of her bill to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, which oversee special education services in schools. The legislation lays out several of the governor’s education priorities entering the 2024 legislative session, which she first announced as part of her annual […]
The Wooster City Schools District’s facilities master plan did not appear on the board agenda for its Monday meeting, but an updated reporting detailing an “an intentional and conscientious approach to future facility financial requests” did. The primary update revolved around the recommendation to shift the facility ballot issue to May 2025, reflecting the district’s […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he “has not seen” the final draft of the revised mobilization bill the Defense Ministry is expected to produce in the near future, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Jan. 12. “As for the draft law on mobilization: I know that the military worked with the MPs [to revise it],” he […]