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A Forest Service spokesman on Thursday confirmed Tony Tooke's sudden retirement, effective immediately and less than seven months after he was named to the post by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
House Bill 1510 passed the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday and is one House vote away from the desk of a governor who is eager to sign it.
House Bill 1510 passed the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday and is one House vote away from the desk of a governor who is eager to sign it.
House Bill 1510 passed the Mississippi Senate on Tuesday and is one House vote away from the desk of a governor who is eager to sign it.
Women Deserve a Raise
IWPR
Today is International Women’s Day, and there is no better time to lift up the role unions play in achieving economic equality for women. The Institute for Women’s Policy Research recently released a brief titled The Union Advantage for Women, which quantifies the benefits of union membership for working women, and the numbers don’t lie!
IWPR estimates that the typical union woman makes a whopping 30% more per week than her nonunion sister. The benefits of unions are greatest for women of color, who otherwise face stronger economic barriers than their white counterparts. Latina union members make an estimated 47% more than Latinas who are not union members, and the union wage premium for black women is about 28%. For comparison, the union difference for men overall is not as large; union men make about 20% more than nonunion men.
So what’s behind the union advantage? When working women come together (and with our male allies), we are able to bargain for the wages we deserve, robust benefits, and respect and dignity on the job. Outside of the workplace, unions fight for state and local...
Cyclists had muscles and immune systems that looked 30 years younger
Idaho is currently one of only four states that does not currently permit transgender people to change their birth certificate gender markers.
Idaho is currently one of only four states that does not currently permit transgender people to change their birth certificate gender markers.
Idaho is currently one of only four states that does not currently permit transgender people to change their birth certificate gender markers.
Classes had let out at Huffman High School in Birmingham, but many students and faculty were still on campus for after-school activities.
