D-H museum building still up for grabs, council wants more info

Another lengthy council discussion this past month and an executive session with the town attorney has not given Dewey-Humboldt Historical Society members any answers whether the town will buy the Historical Museum building or even lease to own. The D-H Historical Society has rented space in the 1918 bank building on Main Street, Humboldt, for about three years.



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Palace: Napoles guilty verdict boosts Luy's credibility

MANILA The Palace believes that the guilty verdict handed down against Janet Lim Napoles in her illegal detention trial boosts the credibility of Benhur Luy and other witnesses in the pork barrel cases. Speaking to ABS-CBN's Umagang Kay Ganda, Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said the guilty verdict has implications on the credibility of Luy as a key witness in the pork barrel cases.



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Congress needs to do more to change culture within VA

True public servants are frowned upon by some in the federal bureaucracy. Anyone daring to rock the boat by going public with evidence of malfeasance risks retaliation.



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Don't ask about criminal history

Last week, Gov. McAuliffe issued an executive order requiring the removal of criminal history questions from state employment applications in Virginia. According to Executive Order 41 , about "70 million American adults have arrests or convictions in their past that can make it difficult for them to obtain employment."



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ANIMATION: What would happen if the auto industry operated like the vaccine industry?

What would happen if the auto industry operated like the vaccine industry? That's the topic of a new animation I've just released. Click here to view it now on YouTube .



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Questions Arise Over Reporting of North Carolina Workplace Deaths

North Carolina authorities have praised a sharp decline in workplace deaths over the past few years, but what Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry hasn't said is the state changed the criteria for the deaths it reports. Berry reported just 23 deaths in the state in 2013 - the smallest amount since she took office in 2001.



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Goshen woman charged with unemployment fraud

Jeanette Almodovar, 49, was charged Friday with grand larceny and offering a false instrument for filing, both felonies, following a joint investigation by state police and the state Department of Labor. Authorities say Almodovar received $9,397.25 in jobless benefits while gainfully employed.



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OSHA: Union Pacific retaliates against another injured worker

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in California has determined that management of the Union Pacific Railroad added insult to injury when it blamed a worker in Roseville, Calif. who was hurt on-the-job.



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LR Board of Directors Discuss Updates to Non-Discrimination Policy

Little Rock City Board of Directors schedule an update to the non-discrimination policy for a vote. The changes include adding sexual orientation and identity as personal factors the city notes will not be used to discriminate in employment practices or services.



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2 women charged with bilking employer out of more than $500,000

Two women were each charged with more than a dozen felonies for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from the insurance company they wored for and a Mercedes SUV, which was allegedly bought with the stolen cash, was seized by investigators from the San Francisco District Attorney's Office April 10, 2015. Two women were each charged with more than a dozen felonies for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from the insurance company they wored for and a Mercedes SUV, which was allegedly bought with the stolen cash, was seized by investigators from the San Francisco District Attorney's Office April 10, 2015.



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Program for mentally ill inmates at Twin Towers to be expanded under L.A. County budget proposal

Los Angeles County Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald talks about the need for additional staff during a tour of the SheriffþÄôs Department Mental Health Unit at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The SheriffþÄôs department is seeking 99.2 million dollars for the next fiscal year that will enhance the SheriffþÄôs Custody Division and improve the jail environment for employees and inmates.



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Fort Monroe roads, buildings being repaired

Attendees of the Easter Sunrise service held at Continental Park on Fort Monroe, listen to the talk titled " Because He lives" given by Major General Douglas L. Carver, U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains. The Easter event took place on Sunday 6:30am.



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7 people who know the gender "pay gap" is a misleading statistic...

"The higher concentrations of men in riskier occupations with greater occurrences of workplace injuries and fatalities suggest that more men than women are willing to expose themselves to work-related injury or death in exchange for higher wages," Perry wrote. "In contrast, women more than men prefer lower risk, family-friendly occupations with greater workplace safety, and are frequently willing to accept lower wages for the reduced probability of work-related injury or death."



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BWW Recap: 'Basic Email Security' is an Issue on COMMUNITY

On this week's episode of Community, Greendale gets hacked! A group of hackers break into Greendale's database and leak the lunch ladies' rather raunchy emails. The hackers promise to leak the Activities Board's emails next--aka the Study Group--if the school doesn't cancel the performance of Gupta Goopi Gupta, a racist comedian.



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Former contractor says NRC has ignored problems at Millstone

Waterford - A contractor who said he was fired from his job at the Millstone Power Station after he reported a co-worker abusing narcotics on the job in 2011 pleaded with Nuclear Regulatory Commission administrators Tuesday to take action to ensure whistleblowers are safe from retaliation at the plant. “I want a Congressional hearing,” said Stephen Lavoie of Niantic, who was an insulation contractor at the plant.



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ASU: Regional economy growing at fastest pace in 11 years

Armstrong State University's latest Coastal Empire Economic Monitor reports the Savannah-area economy continued to strengthen during the fourth quarter of 2014 and is expected to experience sustained growth at a healthy pace throughout 2015. Over the past year, the regional economy expanded at its fastest pace since 2004.



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Former Millstone contractor says NRC has ignored problems at Millstone

Waterford - A contractor who said he was fired from his job at the Millstone Power Station after he reported a co-worker abusing narcotics on the job in 2011 pleaded with Nuclear Regulatory Commission administrators Tuesday to take action to ensure whistleblowers are safe from retaliation at the plant. “I want a Congressional hearing,” said Stephen Lavoie of Niantic, who was an insulation contractor at the plant.



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Zillow moves to strike 'poison pen' letter alleging theft of agent data

Zillow has filed a motion asking a court to disregard what a Zillow exec described as a "poison pen letter" alleging that Zillow steals listing data from agent websites and scrapes data from realtor.com for its own listing quality purposes. The anonymous letter , which Zillow says was written by a "bitter, terminated employee," was filed in court on Friday and claimed knowledge of illegal actions at Zillow, pointing realtor.com operator Move Inc. to specific people, documents, keywords and locations to search for evidence of those actions.



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This Day in History: Equal Pay Trailblazer Lilly Ledbetter Turns 77

President Barack Obama signs into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in the East Room of the White House. January 29, 2009.



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Renewed Little Brown Church in final stages of sprucing

Photo by Jean Bartlett Longtime PHS member and supporter and Pacifica's first city manager Karl Baldwin at 2014 LBC event. "Our gala opening won't be until the end of July, but we really know now we're almost there," said Kathleen Manning, president of the Pacifica Historical Society .



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