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Month: September 2023

California Gov. Newsom signs law to raise fast food worker wage to $20 per hour

California fast food workers are poised to earn a minimum wage of $20 per hour, thanks to a bill signed into law by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday.
Effective from April 1st, this significant wage boost will make California’s fast food workers among the highest paid in their industry across the nation, according to data from the University of California-Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.

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Sidney Powell Accuses Fulton DA of Prosecutorial Misconduct

Ms. Powell’s attorneys wrote that the ‘indictment represents troubling and unethical conduct by the prosecutors.’

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Impeachment Memo: Biden Family Collected $15 Million in Foreign Money, DOJ ‘Obstructed’ Probe

The three House chairmen leading the impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden told fellow lawmakers Wednesday night that the president’s family collected at least $15 million in foreign funds and that there is evidence the Justice Department “obstructed” federal agents from pursuing evidence leading to the White House.
“Department of Justice personnel blocked avenues of inquiry that could have led to evidence incriminating President Biden and impeded efforts to prosecute Hunter Biden for tax crimes relating to foreign business arrangements that could have implicated President Biden,” Reps. James Comer, Jim Jordan and Jason Smith wrote in a 30-page memo to colleagues on the eve of the first impeachment inquiry hearing in Congress.
The article Impeachment Memo: Biden Family Collected $15 Million in Foreign Money, DOJ ‘Obstructed’ Probe appeared first on Tennessee Star.

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‘Shame on you!’ Parents shut down school board meeting over ‘2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan’ motion passing without their input

These Trustees faced vocal opposition and shouts as they left the meeting, having approved the controversial ‘2SLGBTQ+ Action Plan’ motion without addressing the concerns or voices of parents beforehand.
Some individuals suggest that this action plan is a response to the nationwide #1MillionMarch4Children rally, which drew tens of thousands of parents and children across Canada.

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Tennessee AG Pushes Back on the Biden Administration’s Proposed Rule on Water Heaters

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed another public comment opposing the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest rule to set new efficiency standards for consumer water heaters.
The DOE’s rule, proposed in July, would “prescribe energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer water heaters," according to the department.
The article Tennessee AG Pushes Back on the Biden Administration’s Proposed Rule on Water Heaters appeared first on Tennessee Star.

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