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from CBS News (& affiliates)
Barbershop Workers Quit After California Supreme Court Ruling
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Some small businesses are scrambling to figure out how to stay afloat after a high court ruling. A recent California Supreme Court decision is changing the way independent contractors are classified, and it’s already having a big impact on local shops. May fear it will hurt millions of workers and affect businesses’ bottom lines. A recent California Supreme Court decision is changing the way independent contractors are classified, and it’s already having a big impact on local shops. May fear it will hurt millions of workers and affect businesses’ bottom lines. Historically, the cosmetology industry, which includes barbers and hair stylists, have been classified as independent contractors, but that won’t be the case anymore.
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
“In a testament to the Trump Administration's America First Energy Plan, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) third-quarter oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico broke all previous records by grossing nearly $1 billion in bonus bids for 142 parcels,” the Department of Interior announced in a press release on September 6th.
The U.S. economy added 201,000 jobs in August, the U.S. Labor Department announced today. Good news, but impending trade restrictions could put a damper on those gains, Competitive Enterprise Institute analysts warn.
The State National Bank of Big Spring, Texas, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and the 60 Plus Association on September 6 petitioned the United States Supreme Court to hear a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “Dodd-Frank gave unelected bureaucrats czar-like power over America’s financial system, and the Bureau has used that power to inflict damage on businesses and consumers alike,” said CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman. “The Supreme Court should intervene to restore the Constitution’s checks and balances on this unrestrained government power and to make it clear that Congress cannot abdicate its power of the purse.” The lawsuit argues the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act hands the CFPB an unprecedented combination of expansive, unchecked, and unaccountable executive authority that uniquely threatens the liberty of American businesses and consumers.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Progress Has Been Made in the Battle Against Malaria
Between 1990 and 2016, the malaria death rate dropped from 14.2 per 100,000 infections to 9.7 and incidence declined from 15.8 in 10,000 people in 2000 to 9.4 in 2015.
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from Miami Herald
For a man who places such a premium on loyalty, Donald Trump inspires remarkably little.
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from Reason Magazine
Magazine in Los Angeles, California
Brett Kavanaugh and Ben Sasse Talk About Overturning Supreme Court Precedent
A revealing exchange between the SCOTUS nominee and the Republican senator. With one simple question, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) succeeded yesterday in doing what Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats spent two days trying and failing to do: Namely, Sasse got Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to speak favorably about the idea of overturning a Supreme Court precedent.
Brett Kavanaugh and Ben Sasse Talk About Overturning Supreme Court Precedent
A revealing exchange between the SCOTUS nominee and the Republican senator. With one simple question, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) succeeded yesterday in doing what Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats spent two days trying and failing to do: Namely, Sasse got Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to speak favorably about the idea of overturning a Supreme Court precedent.
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Mayor David Condon vetoes renewable electricity law, calling it ‘unaffordable and unattainable’
Mayor David Condon vetoed a city law passed last month that calls for Spokane to switch completely to renewable electricity by 2030, citing uncertain costs and potential legal troubles. The Spokane City Council approved the measure on a 6-to-1 vote, which means it’s likely the panel will override Condon’s veto.
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Mayor David Condon vetoes renewable electricity law, calling it ‘unaffordable and unattainable’
Mayor David Condon vetoed a city law passed last month that calls for Spokane to switch completely to renewable electricity by 2030, citing uncertain costs and potential legal troubles. The Spokane City Council approved the measure on a 6-to-1 vote, which means it’s likely the panel will override Condon’s veto.
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