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The Stand (Washington Labor News)
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UW Academic Student Employees on strike
Hundreds of ASEs will gather for a strike kickoff rally at 1pm in Red Square The following is from UAW 4121: SEATTLE, Wash. (May 14, 2024) — 6,000 Academic Student Employees at the University of Washington (UW) walked off the job and onto the picket line today beginning at 6am, after the University administration still […] The post UW Academic Student Employees on strike appeared first on The STAND. |
Columbian Newspaper
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Ex-Hanford worker admits COVID loan fraud for his solar-powered wheelchair company
KENNEWICK — A Tri-Cities man has admitted to conspiring with two other people who fraudulently obtained about $265,000 in federal COVID relief loans, including by submitting false payroll and tax records to the federal government. |
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No charges in liquor probe at Oregon alcohol agency
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor probe that shook Oregon’s alcohol agency last year and forced its executive director to resign, state justice officials said Monday. |
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Xi’s visit to Hungary and Serbia brings new Chinese investment and deeper ties to Europe’s doorstep
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hungary last week, he arrived to one of the few places in the European Union where his country is considered an indispensable ally rather than a rival. By the time he left on Friday, he’d secured deals that provide fertile ground for China’s plans of economic expansion in Europe. |
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In teaching disability-inclusive engineering, Whitworth University professors hope to open lab creating inclusive toys for Spokane children
SPOKANE — Designs created by freshman engineering students at Whitworth University may one day help create toys for Spokane children with disabilities. |
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Thousands of grocery workers in region approve union contract
SPOKANE — Katrina Keffer was supposed to keep a neutral expression on her face when the company officials told her their proposal for pay increases for employees of Spokane-area Fred Meyer, Albertsons and Safeway stores. |
Portland Business News
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PacifiCorp taps Oregonian to head Pacific Power
Warren Buffett utility based in Portland faces wildfire issues.
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Providence invests $177M in ER, cardiac care upgrades
The ER upgrades will allow Providence to treat 50,000 more visits per year, the equivalent of adding another area emergency room.
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Faces of the List: Navex's Sean Thompson on private equity advantages, the advent of AI
“The laws don’t go away. The headlines and the fines are daily reminders of the damage to a brand."
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NYT Politics
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How Has Trump Changed the G.O.P.? His Criminal-Trial Guest List Tells the Tale.
The former president’s trial has become a staging ground for aspiring allies to prove their fealty, the latest litmus test in a party increasingly defined by loyalty to Donald Trump.
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