Fast-food protests push for $15 wage across cities
Fast-food workers and organizers rallied in multiple cities including Boston Los Angeles Phoenix Washington and Charlotte seeking a $15 per hour minimum. About 50 demonstrated in Detroit and 100 in New York City while protesters urged higher pay amid union support from SEIU and allies.
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Service Employees International Union
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Lakewood
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Brooklyn
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Berlin Rosen
Obama orders federal boost to renewable power by 2020
President Obama directs all federal agencies to raise renewable energy use to 20 percent of electricity by 2020. He says the plan will cut pollution, advance energy independence, and create jobs in solar and wind sectors as part of a broad climate change effort. The government owns hundreds of thousands of buildings and vehicles and buys over $500 billion annually.
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Barack Obama
Obama
Defense Department
Turnpike Authority faces toll bill clash and vegetation row
West Virginia parkways board battles toll policy with lawmaker Gearheart as potential 400 job cuts loom and concerns over vegetation removal along the Mercer County roadways rise. Separate actions include an $829,000 bid to paint the Yeager Bridge and up to $180,000 for LED lighting towers in Charleston.
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Meadows
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Specialty Groups Inc
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Charleston
Specialty Groups
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New York
Florida
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Theft hits Bluefield Holiday of Lights displays
The Bluefield area fights copper cable thefts that cripple the Holiday of Lights. Parks and Recreation workers race to restore power, replacing cables and balancing loads while urging patience as costs exceed two thousand dollars. Virginia authorities lead the probe with heightened patrols and cooperation from Bluefield VA police. Chief Harry Cundiff says suspects face felony charges. investigators pursue leads to arrest before Christmas.
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Virginia
Bluefield
Harry Cundiff
Cundiff
Bluefields
Pill Sentences in Bluefield Drug Crackdown
Four defendants in the Bluefield Pill Initiative received prison terms ranging to 27 months and a $100 special assessment. U S Attorney Booth Goodwin described the crackdown acted by federal, state, and local officers. The Southern Regional Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, including West Virginia State Police and Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer sheriffs offices and Princeton Bluefield police, led the investigations.
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Miller Bushong
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Burchett
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Bluefield
Booth Goodwin
Southern District of
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In Loving Memory Notices And Donations Summary
In loving memory dedications appear for Bill and Georgia Stanley Milty and Louise Wiley Ruth Bolton Gee Granny Frances and Jim Terry Stuart Pansy White Frank Joyce White Betty Mason and others. Donations range from $25 to $100 with a daily total listed as $965.01 ending balance $5353.00 debates noted alongside.
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Georgia Stanley
Milty
Louise Wiley
Craig
Glenn Kevin
Catherine
David Armbrister
Ben Mpu
James Dunford
Ruth Bolton
Elizabeth McEspoy
Gee
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Granny “B
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Stuart
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Frank
Joyce White
Betty Mason
David R. White
Mary Dearing
Fincastle
Southwest Virginia Legislative Breakfast hosts in Dublin
A Tazewell County delegation joined the 27th Annual Southwest Virginia Legislative Breakfast, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The event at New River Community College in Dublin, Va was hosted by Pulaski County Chamber with attendees Kristy White Regina Sayers Michaelene Meyer Ginger H Branton Brian Beck David Anderson and Eric Young representing local agencies and officials.
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Southwest Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Pulaski
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