Legal experts, including leading Kentucky trial and employment lawyers, say it will be virtually impossible for workers injured by a tornado at a Mayfield, Ky., candle factory to win their lawsuit against the company after they say they weren’t allowed to leave.
Animals Best Friends has several dogs that need loving forever homes. One of these babies is Daisy.
As I sat down to write my final article of 2021, I began to put together a list of the blessings I personally have experienced in the past year and to invite you to do the same. However, the more I wrote, the more disingenuous it began to feel. Not because I am ungrateful for my many blessings – I certainly am not that – but because celebrating wins during a time of such hardship and suffering for so many simply didn’t feel right to me.
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing $768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for 2022. The NDAA authorizes a 5% increase in military spending, and is the product of intense negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over issues ranging from reforms of the military justice system to COVID-19 vaccine requirements for soldiers.
NEW YORK – The judge presiding over the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell cited an “astronomical spike” in the number of coronavirus cases in New York City as she explained Tuesday why she was urging jurors to work longer hours.
Although most COVID-related regulations have ended or been rolled back as cases have risen in the past several weeks, local health agencies for now continue to attempt contract tracing to try to slow the spread of infection.
Similar to when he and his wife received a humanitarian award last year, Brent Schondelmeyer says, certainly someone else could have been more worthy. Earlier this year, Schondelmeyer, a non-profit administrator with experience in history, journalism and fine arts production, received the Human Rights award from the Independence chapter of Church Women United.
A federal mandate for companies with 100 or more employees to ensure they’re vaccinated or tested weekly could worsen severe worker shortages – if it’s upheld in court – by forcing staffers who test positive to quarantine even if they have no symptoms, employment lawyers say.
The new year is almost here, and with it will come a host of new developments and debates about some of the biggest questions facing the world of Missouri government and politics. State lawmakers and officials will return to Jefferson City in a couple of weeks to begin hashing out how to spend more money than the state has ever had access to before.