Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
Unemployment falls to 7.5%; job creation solid in April The job market plugged along steadily, and unemployment fell in April, according to new data out Friday, suggesting that the U.S. economy is still expanding. The nation added 165,000 jobs in April as the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, from 7.6 percent in March, the Labor Department said on Friday. More
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to 5-Year Low The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in more than five years, a positive signal for the labor market ahead of Friday's April jobs report. More
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Proposed farm labor standards board would overhaul Oregon's worker rules Farmworker wages, benefits and safety protections in Oregon would be regulated by a new state labor standards board under a new bill that’s alarming agricultural employers. 01/16/2025 - 4:00 am | View Link
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Labor shortages have helped H-2A visa program grow. Here's how it works Arizona farm owners hire workers under the H-2A program to plant, weed, thin, harvest and pack crops, filling jobs that would otherwise go vacant. 01/6/2025 - 11:00 pm | View Link
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Changing your eye color is easier than you think.
Dear Eric: I took a job in DC at the behest of my close friend, who also invited me to live with her.
She said she was going to retire and move back to her Midwest hometown. She offered to rent her townhouse to me for a really reduced rate while she’s in transition.
Well, not only is she not making any attempts to move, but she also comments on my eating choices and constantly gives me unsolicited advice.
She’s vegan and a diabetic, so she’s very strict with her diet.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I spent a few days with some friends at a house in a rural setting near a small lake.
During our stay, the electricity went out. The toilets did not work for over 24 hours, and we had to use buckets for the waste we generated.
After the toilets were working, our host disposed of our collected waste in the lake.
An illegal gambling network that ran from strip-mall casinos to a warehouse in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood was taken down this week by state and local law enforcement agencies.
Authorities raided slot-machine parlors in suburban West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach and Zephyrhills, confiscating machines and cash. They also charged officers of a company in Miami that sold slot machines to illegal casinos.
Floridians are jumping on the newest TikTok trend: changing your eye color.
The young and old have discovered that turning brown eyes blue or hazel eyes green can be as simple as putting in color contacts or as permanent as laser surgery that inserts color pigment into the cornea.
Ophthalmologists say both come with risks.
Keratopigmentation, also called eye tattooing, is performed on the cornea.