Left, right hit Rubio with TV ads
Source: Politico
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 13:53:14 -0700 | political-news
AP Photo Close A left-wing group and a right-wing group have found common cause: putting pressure on Sen. Marco Rubio over immigration reform...Continue Reading The two groups are both up with a flight of television ads targeting Rubio in the...
Capitol Alert: AM Alert: California representatives roll rice for reward
Source: Sacramento Bee
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:30:00 -0700 | political-news
Whether lawmakers make enough money ranks fairly low on your average voter's list of concerns, but members of the Citizens Compensation Commission are tasked with thinking about such things -- and there's an indication that , after years of cuts,...
How Jasper County Library Board resolved county funding issues
Source: Newton Daily News
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 10:32:43 -0700 | political-news
In an effort to resolve what has been described as an inadequate distribution of Jasper County's rural patron library funds, a new funding formula was developed by the Jasper County Library Board. The change won't go into effect until the...
Juneteenth a day to remember black history, have fun in Five Points
Source: The Denver Post
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 17:44:04 -0700 | political-news
Font Resize The Denver Post Denver Juneteenth organizers wanted this year's festival to be more than people in the Five Points Community gathering to look at cars, listen to music and eat. Instead, they hoped to make the hundreds of...
Postpone Haj if you can
Source: Arab News
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 17:29:32 -0700 | political-news
Sunday 16 June 2013 Last Update 16 June 2013 2:35 am In an unprecedented move aimed at preventing congestion and stampedes and ensuring safety of the guests of God, Saudi authorities have urged domestic and foreign pilgrims to postpone their...
University 'babe' to the rescue
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 17:20:07 -0700 | political-news
Canterbury University student Hugh Devereaux-Mack is gaining fame on Facebook for saving a fellow student in trouble on the streets of Christchurch last month. The 23-year-old Students' Association executive member, Bachelor of Commerce student, and talented violinist was named Bloke of...
2nd appeals court strikes down union poster rule
Source: SF Gate
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 15:19:02 -0700 | political-news
Board exceeded its authority when it ordered businesses to display an 11-by-17-inch notice in a prominent location explaining the rights of workers to join a union and bargain collectively to improve wages and working conditions. The posters also made clear...
Unpaid No More: Interns Win Major Court Battle
Source: National Public Radio
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 15:30:58 -0700 | political-news
All these employers who think if they slap the title intern on the job description, suddenly they don't have to pay for it," he says. Glatt says this week's court ruling finally bursts what he calls the myth that employers...
Ky. Chamber chief hails state's public pension reform
Source: Courier & Press
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 15:07:55 -0700 | political-news
The Kentucky General Assembly's public employee pension reform was the crowning achievement of a largely business-positive legislative session earlier this year, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dave Adkisson said here Thursday. We had such a successful session, the...
President orders to speed up economic reform
Source: Forum
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 02:21:24 -0700 | political-news
The government should speed up measures to simplify the business environment, in particular, to review the documents regulating urban development in order to update their content and simplify regulatory procedures," reads the statement, Ukrinform informed.
US Chamber backs tribal energy legislation
Source: Charlotte Observer Online
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 13:44:09 -0700 | political-news
Chamber of Commerce is throwing its support behind federal legislation aimed at boosting energy development in Indian Country by streamlining federal permitting processes and oversight. The organization sent a letter to members of the House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday,...
Carabao man doesn't want to pay $5 fee
Source: Pacific Daily News
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 10:25:27 -0700 | political-news
Johnraymond Naputi Aguon is protesting a $5 fee the Chamorro Village asked him to pay for giving carabao rides to visitors during the village's Wednesday night market. Everyone has to pay to operate at the site, which is a federally...
Brownback announces new press secretary: Lawrence resident Eileen Hawley
Source: The Journal-World
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-12 20:10:09 -0700 | political-news
Eileen Hawley, recently the vice president of operations at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, will be the new director of communications and press secretary for the office of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, it was announced Wednesday. Hawley will join the...
Tooele County Fair cancelled — again
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 17:47:07 -0700 | political-news
Tooele County Fair cancelled again Contention » Chamber of Commerce backs out amid controversy over what to save, what to let go...In late March, county officials announced that dire budget woes would end the August fair...However, the chamber's board and...
State chamber president to speak at breakfast event
Source: Courier & Press
Commerce :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 15:21:40 -0700 | political-news
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Dave Adkisson will address the Henderson Chamber of Commerce 's Good Morning, Henderson breakfast on Thursday. Adkisson, a former mayor of Owensboro, will give an update on the Kentucky Chamber's work in 2013...
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