July 31, 2024
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Amazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island voted to elect reformists in the Amazon Labor Union’s first-ever leadership election, a dissident group announced Tuesday, more than a year after it sued top leadership to force a vote. Connor Spence, a key reformist and ALU co-founder, was elected president of the union, now…
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Bankruptcy documents lay out Rite Aid’s shift to Michigan stores in its efforts to downsize. See if your location is on the most recent closure lists.
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Early voting, expanded absentee ballot options and other changes are in full effect for Michigan’s 2024 elections.
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Michigan clerks have extra time to process absentee ballots this year. Officials hope it will allow them to report results faster on election night.
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news.Indiana’s proposed new diplomas for the Class of 2029 and beyond may not meet the entran…
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Michigan has added lesser celandine, which can push out native plants, to its invasive-species watch list, though the plant remains legal to buy and sell.
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is now the sole candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced late Tuesday. Harris is the only contender to have met the requirement of securing 300 delegate petitions for the nomination, following President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the race. She is set…
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A Michigan Supreme Court ruling will likely raise the minimum wage to over $12 an hour in February and higher in future years, giving a raise to tens of thousands of workers. Business leaders called it ‘catastrophic.’
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Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.A new coalition is on high alert for violations of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that guarantees children the right to a free public education reg…