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Kingsbridge Living Wage Will Live On
11 hours ago ago from The Neighborhood Retail Alliance
As the NY Daily News reports today , the fight over living wage at the Kingsbridge Armory will live on-no matter how the project's controversy over the issue is resolved in the coming hours: "Even if a deal is struck today on developing the Kingsbridge Armory into a $324-million shopping mall, the "living wage" dispute that threatened to derail it will continue to roil City Hall. Under a bill introduced Wednesday in the City Council by Oliver ...
Related contentAboriginals to be Exempt from Mandatory Minimum Sentences
1 day ago ago from Scary Fundamentalist
And we aren't allowed to elect these guys ? The bill would require a person who is found guilty of trafficking, and who had been convicted of another drug offence within the past 10 years, to serve a minimum prison term of one year. As amended by the Senate, it would still allow judges to impose harsh sentences on drug traffickers when they are deemed to be warranted... The amendments also allow a person to be found with 200 marijuana ...
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12 hours ago ago from Your Traffic Manager World Blog
How To Avoid Late Fees Although it may be overstated, there is a lot of truth to people ruining their credit score due to missing payments and paying their credit card bills late. The fees can pile up and the interest rates can grow before you know it, and after a while you won?t even be able to pay the minimum amount of payment. If you don?t do something fast it could be the beginning of the end. To make sure this don?t happen to ...
Related contentBill C-15: Stupid policy, shrewd strategy
1 hour, 51 minutes ago ago from knitnut.net
The Conservatives are trying to take the war on drug users to another level with Bill C-15, which proposes mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. This Bill, if passed into law, will strip judges of their discretion in sentencing Canadians convicted of drug offenses. Rather than being allowed to take all factors into consideration before making a sentencing decision, judges will have no choice but to impose prescribed sentences. ...
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6 hours ago ago from Labor Law Center Blog
The Oregon minimum wage will remain at $8.40 in 2010, according to Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian . The Commissioner recently announced that due to a decline of 1.48% in the cost of living, the state minimum wage would be unchanged. This is the first time since 2002 that the Oregon minimum wage will not have an annual cost-of-living increase . “Under the circumstances, a steady minimum wage is good for Oregon’s ...
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NJ Senate passes bill to restrict e-cigarettes
1 hour, 4 minutes ago ago from PopEater
TRENTON, N.J. -The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill that restricts the sale and use of electronic cigarettes. The bill expands the definition of "smoking" to include e-cigarettes and extends the ban on smoking by minors to include them. Electronic cigarettes look like the real thing but don't contain tobacco. Instead, they employ a metal tube with a battery that heats up a liquid nicotine solution. Users inhale and exhale the resulting ...
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1 hour, 6 minutes ago ago from PopEater
TRENTON, N.J. -The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill that would require fast food and restaurant chains to post calorie counts on their menus. The bill, approved Thursday by a 22-16 vote, would require restaurant chains with 20 or more locations nationally to print nutritional information for all food and beverage items on menus, menu boards and drive-through window signs. It's similar to measures enacted in New York City and ...
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