JOPLIN, Mo. — 40 local nurses signed their letters of intent to continue their journey in the medical field. It's a process -- just like athletes signing their letters of intent to play at the next level. Freeman Health System held their 4th annual Signing Day for graduate nurses that graduated from area nursing programs. []
The City of New Orleans has announced the launch of a new study aimed at gathering information and data about New Orleans’ nightlife to help with the formation of future policies.
Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike. Under Senate Bill 1116, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and State Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), California workers would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after being on strike for 14 days. "No one goes on strike because they want to go on strike," Portantino said at a news conference...
From 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas will be collecting signatures in support of putting before voters amendments related to abortion access, medical marijuana, taxation on menstrual products and diapers, the FOIA and public education.
At least five cities have voted to end their membership with the League of California Cities over policy disputes.
A California Christian club is fighting to put their cross back on display after city officials used eminent domain to remove it while citing complaints of it being "reminiscent of KKK cross-burnings" and offensive to "diverse communities."
The number of homes listed for sale in California is on the rise and last month saw the largest jump in more than a year amid heightening home prices in the state, according to data from the California Association of Realtors (CAR).CAR pointed out that active listings shot up based on monthly comparisons to last year for the second consecutive month, while new active listings also increased by double digits as the hopping spring season for home sales gets underway. The median home price in...
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2 percent tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise about $313 billion a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality, and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested. In a sign […]
If a participatory budgeting campaign gets off the ground, residents would be able to spend 2 percent—about $15 million—of the city’s budget each year on community projects. by Taylor Griggs If Portland residents were given access to a percentage of the city’s budget to work on projects most important to them, what would they choose? According to participatory budgeting (PB) advocates, the results could be much more reflective...
I thought finding Karma – yes, that is the cat’s name – would make me beloved and cherished by my neighbourhood. Unfortunately, not so muchA couple of weeks ago I went to go see a woman about a cat. The woman was my neighbour (we’ll call her L) and she had lost her tabby, Karma. (That’s the cat’s name – I’m not saying L had it coming.) Karma had been gone for weeks and her family was distraught. The entire neighbourhood had been trying, without luck, to look for her.And then, one day, when I was...
Housing shortage-plagued California recently started allowing property owners to split their lots and have developers build new homes there.
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