Dan Sutter: Congress versus contractors

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Dan Sutter: Congress versus contractors

A 2019 California law reclassified drivers for ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft as employees instead of contractors. California voters overturned this law via referendum in November 2020. Congress is now…

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Alabama opening COVID-19 vaccines to all 16 and older beginning Monday

Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced the state would open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and older beginning Monday, April 5. Ivey was speaking during a press conference as…

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What we know about the 10 victims killed in Colorado supermarket shooting

BOULDER, Colo. (NewsNation Now) — Police have released the names of the 10 people killed in a mass shooting at a crowded Colorado supermarket on Monday. The victims in the…

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Are you next? COVID vaccine eligibility expands March 22 to add millions more

Alabama’s public health officer announced expansion of vaccine eligibility starting March 22, doubling the number of eligible people. Source link

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U.S. attorney who prosecuted former governor Don Siegelman retires

FILE – In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman speaks to the media in Atlanta,. A judge has ended probation for former Alabama Gov. Don…

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Alabama ranks 4th-highest in percentage of inmates serving harshest sentences

Alabama prisons rank fourth-highest in the nation for the percentage of incarcerated people who are serving either life without the possibility of parole, life with the possibility of parole or…

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Next stop Mars: 3 spacecraft arriving in quick succession

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars. The stakes…

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Gov. Kay Ivey extends the statewide COVID-19 mask mandate until March 5

In a press conference Thursday, Jan. 21, Gov. Kay Ivey said she knows folks had hoped to put the coronavirus pandemic behind them in 2021, but holiday celebrations brought on…

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States declare emergencies, close capitols ahead of rallies

Members of the Washington National Guard stand at a sundial near the Legislative Building, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Governors in some states have called…

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Birmingham Mayor Woodfin hospitalized due to COVID-19

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin has been hospitalized due to COVID-related pneumonia, according to his doctor and city officials. In a tweet from the city of Birmingham, Woodfin’s doctor said he…

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