TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is signing off on four bills Friday dealing with education, foster care and more. Grace Hoge, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Governor, announced in a press release April 19 that Kelly is signing four bills as the 2024 Legislative session comes to a close. More information []
There’s no question that Harvey Weinstein was a sexual predator who assaulted and threatened scores of women, according to their accounts documented by journalists, during his years as a powerful and tyrannical Hollywood producer. Since 2017, the allegations of more than 100 women whose lives were shaken and scarred by his deeds upended not just the entertainment industry but all workplaces, boosting the #MeToo movement and an overdue examination of sexual misconduct and abuse of power in...
California may be a leader in the fight against climate change, but the state is years, even decades, behind other states when it comes to granting environmental rights to its citizens. While a handful of other state constitutions, including those of New York and Pennsylvania, declare the people’s rights to clean air, water and a healthy environment, California’s does not. That could change as soon as November. Under a proposal moving through the Legislature, voters would decide whether to add...
Remember when the federal government reclassified ketchup as a vegetable to make school lunch offerings comply with nutritional guidelines? The Reagan-era move enabled schools to use the condiment as a larger element when preparing students’ meals, for example.
Ontario Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) are still waiting for their promised 2024 wage increases and advocates say the delay is causing stress for workers and contributing to the ongoing staffing shortage. In November 2023, the Doug Ford government pledged to increase the minimum wage for RECEs to $23.86 an hour, a nearly $4-bump from what they were expected to get that year. The new wage floor would be implemented in 2024, officials said at the time, with additional $1 raises...
Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla (WDHN) -- Twenty people are behind bars after a major drug bust in Jackson County. According to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, an investigation into the drug trafficking organization (DTO) led by Michael Termaine Bell Sr. began in early 2023 and uncovered its structure and role in distributing multiple kilograms of crystal []
Notorious criminal Michael O'Loughlin turned his back on his gangland associates and broke ranks, simply by pleading guilty to the many crimes he committed.
Marksans, whose product portfolio includes therapeutic segments of cardiovascular, central nervous system, antidiabetic, pain management, gastroenterology and anti-allergy drugs and whose market capitalisation stood at Rs 5,299.75 crore in August last
Police claim to have arrested the ringleader behind the botched importation of 900kg of cocaine in Australia that instead washed up as mysterious 'bricks' along the eastern coastline.
Whether two-wheeled, three- or four-wheeled, why do people buy their own vehicles in the National Capital Region?
Matthew Cunnington admitted he had 'some stuff' in his underwear