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Feds send good money after bad: $3 billion more in California HSR funding

1 year 9 months ago
Bad news today: 🚆NEWS: Over $3 billion in federal funding is headed to California High Speed Rail! That means: ♻️Reduced transportation emissions 🚄Less time in traffic 💸More good-paying jobs Proud to have championed @CaHSRA’s application for this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding! pic.twitter.com/uwAMUGehOs — Senator Alex Padilla (@SenAlexPadilla) December 5, 2023 Californians passed a bond measure ...continue reading "Feds send good money after bad: $3 billion more in California HSR funding"
Kevin Drum

Teen’s one-day crime spree interrupted by police

1 year 9 months ago
What was supposed to be a relaxing weekend started out rough for people on Bobb Avenue in St. John. Court records say a stolen car crashed into two vehicles on the street. You can still see tire marks in a yard and pieces of the cars struck laying on the road.
Chris Hayes

Godfrey Passes Exemption To Paid Leave Act

1 year 9 months ago
GODFREY - Godfrey is the latest municipality to exempt itself from the Illinois Paid Leave For All Workers Act following unanimous approval from the Village Board of Trustees on Tuesday night. This comes after similar ordinances were tabled last week in Glen Carbon and passed in Jerseyville . Godfrey Trustees voted to expedite the process under a suspension of the rules after Village Attorney Phil Lading advised it was best to have the policy implemented by year’s end. “The state law says if you do not have some form of paid leave, general use leave for part-time employees prior to year end, then you are subject to the new state law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 , and you have to provide 40 hours of paid leave,” Lading said. As stated in a copy of the ordinance, the village already “recognizes the importance of paid leave and currently provides reasonable paid leave benefits to its employees.” The Godfrey Leave Policy already contains

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