Australian retail turnover experienced a modest rise of 0.6% in May 2024, as reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The increment follows a marginal 0.1% increase in April and a 0.4% decline in March of the same year. ABS business statistics head Robert Ewing said: “Retail turnover was boosted this month by watchful […]
The Monroe County Board of Elections, and in particular its poll workers, are ill prepared for a contentious 2024 general election, according to a recent report to the Legislature from a polling site supervisor. Carrie Remis, a good government advocate and polling site co-chair in the town of Irondequoit, told the Legislature that the local […]
Holger Schwannecke, Secretary General of the Central Association of German Crafts (ZHD), stands at a press event in the House of Crafts. Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB Germany’s skilled trades sector is facing a decline in turnover and the loss of up to 80,000 jobs, the country’s skilled crafts association (ZDH), which represents about 5.7 million workers, said […]
Election officials across the country are leaving their jobs at the highest rates in decades, according to new research shared first with NBC News, putting thousands of new officials in place to oversee a tense and high-stakes 2024 presidential contest. At least 36% of local election offices have changed hands since 2020, following a similar […]
MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — More than a week and a half after Millersville Fire Chief Brandon Head was terminated, Sumner County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officials said they’re still feeling the strain on resources. Head was terminated earlier this month, following the acting city manager, city attorney, and police chief. Since Head’s firing, nearly all […]
This article was originally published in Arizona Mirror. Schools in Arizona are consistently strained by an ongoing teacher shortage, but data on the scope of the problem doesn’t exist, making it difficult to come up with a solution. Lawmakers and Gov. Katie Hobbs are hoping to fix that by requiring that the State Board of […]
(Bloomberg) — Chinese equity benchmarks rebounded in afternoon trading, with a jump in turnover in some major exchange-traded funds raising speculation that buying by state funds maybe behind the reversal. Most Read from Bloomberg Traded value of the Huatai-Pinebridge CSI 300 ETF surged to 15.3 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) on Thursday, the highest since 2015, […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rapid turnover among election officials in Nevada continued on Tuesday, when the top election official in Nevada’s lone swing county abruptly announced her resignation less than a month before early voting commences for the Feb. 6 presidential preference primary. Washoe County Registrar of Voters Jamie Rodriguez said in her resignation […]