(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council has approved a new labor contract with city employees to increase wages by 9.7% through 2024 as the city continues to work on a budget gap of at least $230 million. The labor contracts approved by the city council on Tuesday impact more than 7,000 city workers represented by 16 unions. It ends over 17 months of contract negotiations between the city and its workers. The four-year agreements with the 16 unions span...
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Ukrainian Men Paying Disabled Women To Marry Them To Avoid Frontlines: Report Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Ukrainian men are reportedly paying disabled women in the country to marry them, as a way of avoiding being drafted to fight on the frontlines of the war with Russia. An investigation by Ukrainian outlet NGL Media found that fighting age men are exploiting a loophole in the country’s martial law that allows them to skip military service. If they have a...
Transgender community members and supporters showed up again to an Iowa City City Council meeting to demand the city take steps to become a sanctuary city for its transgender residents. At the March 19 city council meeting, around 20 community members showed up to make these demands and share their experiences as transgender individuals or
New York City’s first-ever professional soccer stadium in Queens is moving forward. The City Council on Thursday voted to approve a sweeping 23-acre mixed-use development in Willets Point that will bring a seven-story soccer stadium for the NYC Football Club (NYCFC), 2,500 affordable housing units, a school, and a hotel to the neighborhood, once known [] The post City Council approves NYC’s first-ever pro soccer stadium in Queens first appeared on 6sqft.
Voters in Enid, Oklahoma, ousted a City Council member after a group of residents launched a monthslong effort to inform voters about his ties to white nationalist groups. After Judd Blevins won his February 2023 race for Enid City Council by a mere 36 votes in an election with low turnout, a group of local activists quickly formed a committee to recall him. On Tuesday, he was ousted from his City Council seat in a decisive vote. The activists highlighted Blevins' participation in the Unite the...
Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid ousted a city council member with ties to white nationalism, according to unofficial results posted Tuesday on the Oklahoma Election Board website.
ENID, Oklahoma (AP) — Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid have recalled a city council member with ties to white nationalism. Unofficial results posted Tuesday on the Oklahoma Election Board website show voters in Enid’s Ward 1 chose to oust 42-year-old Judd Blevins. The Iraq War veteran was narrowly elected to the seat
ENID, Oklahoma (AP) — Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid have recalled a city council member with ties to white nationalism. Unofficial results posted Tuesday on the Oklahoma Election Board website show voters in Enid’s Ward 1 chose to oust 42-year-old Judd Blevins. The Iraq War veteran was narrowly elected to the seat
Voters in Enid, Oklahoma, oust city council member with ties to white nationalism