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95% of teacher contracts settled after slowest negotiation cycle — and other labor news
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoTake a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week:...
‘Not possible’ to deliver as many meals as Feeding Our Future defendants claimed, school official...
MPR News· 4 days agoIn response to Ebert’s questions, Shakopee Schools finance and operations director Bill Menozzi said that he “was honored” to help his colleagues deliver meals via school ...
Senators Baldwin, Casey, Collins Introduce ‘Esther’s Law’ to Ban Deadly Water Beads and Protect Kids
WEAU Eau Claire· 1 day agoThe bill is named after 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard of North Prairie, Wisconsin who lost her life...
Global Health Heavyweights Team up for Climate, Disease Funding
US News & World Report· 5 days agoThree of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, and infectious ...
Crowds in closed park and FBI tipsters: Trial unveils details in alleged meal fraud scheme
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 7 days agoProsecutors and defense attorneys began to unveil new details this week in the first Feeding Our...
Rewrite: News from past issues
Elko Daily Free Press· 5 hours agoMay 6, 1924: Miss Pearl Lindsay has purchased Mrs. J. Eggers’ bicycle. May 6, 1924: A pretty phaeton is on the freight depot here, for A. Primeaux of...
Federal court rules Missourians were illegally denied food aid by the state
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 3 hours agoDouglas Harpool ruled that the state’s practices — including long call center wait times and a lack of accommodations for those with disabilities — violate the laws governing the federal Supplemental ...
Doctors plead with Congress to help improve U.S. maternal mortality rates
The Moultrie Observer, Ga. via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMay 4—WASHINGTON — Doctors on Thursday urged Congress to pass legislation addressing the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality throughout the country and to lower barriers that ...
Gamblers won’t see child support withholdings in Mississippi this year
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 5 days agoMississippi Department of Human Services, the state’s welfare agency that oversees the child support program, is advocating for this policy in order to increase child ...
To Address the Mental Health Crisis, Look to School Nurses
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFull-time nurses currently cover only 65.7% of public schools. Passing the One School, One Nurse...