Justin Herman, who heads up the social media initiative within the GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, said “We’re moving into a world in which social media is the charge that fuels the circuit of collaborative public service.”
Paxton’s legal team was quick to pounce on the revision, however, with attorney Joe Kendall releasing a statement saying “This confirms that there have been troubling issues with the Grand Jury process from the beginning. They had months to investigate and then rushed to indict.
In the dismissal, the NLRB wrote, “the Board held that asserting jurisdiction would not promote labor stability due to the nature and structure of NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).” The NLRB wrote that the dismissal is specific to this particular petition saying, “This decision is narrowly focused to apply only to the players in this case and does not preclude reconsideration of this issue in the future.”
The main battle in the negotiations is over healthcare. Both companies are asking employees to contribute to their healthcare insurance premiums. ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal said in a recent interview that, in addition to wage-freezes and vacation concessions, the company is asking that individuals pay $150 and families $250 for monthly healthcare premiums. U.S. Steel representatives have requested similar concessions in its negotiations with the USW.
In a statement on Sunday President Obama called Bond “a hero and, I’m privileged to say, a friend.” Citing Bond’s long resume, Obama continued, “Julian Bond helped change this country for the better. And what better way to be remembered than that.”
Rauner, a Republican, worked alongside the bill’s primary sponsor, Chicago Democratic State Senator Kwame Raoul, as well as with police unions throughout the state to turn the reform into law. Rauner praised the bipartisan effort, saying in a statement, “As a society, we must ensure the safety of both the public and law enforcement. SB 1304 establishes new and important guidelines and training for police departments and their officers, while protecting the public by prohibiting officers from using excessive force.
The Connecticut legislature voted in 2012 to abolish the death penalty, however, that measure only affected future crimes committed in the state. Calling it unconstitutional, Associate Justice Richard Palmer wrote the majority opinion, stating that the death penalty “no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency and no longer serves any legitimate penological purpose.”
San Diego unveiled a $1.1 billion proposal to build a stadium in the city’s Mission Valley area to keep the team there, replacing the antiquated Qualcomm Stadium. The proposal, however, only includes one-third of the cost to be publicly financed, leaving the Chargers and the NFL responsible for over $750 million of the cost. Chargers executive Mark Fabiani rebuked the proposal and city officials, saying “The Chargers have been clear from the start that the franchise will not be the city’s guinea pig for this inevitably ill-fated legal experiment.”
A formidable push is gathering for antitrust authorities to block the proposed merger between online-travel giants Expedia and Orbitz. Congressional authorities, consumer groups, and those within the hotel industry are urging the Department of Justice to strongly consider the antitrust concerns of the merger. Expedia announced the proposed $1.3 billion acquisition in February, shortly after
U.S. Attorneys’ offices in New York and New Jersey, along with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), have filed over 20 charges against an international ring of hackers and traders accused of selling and buying unreleased business information. The group of hackers, mostly from the Ukraine and Russia, are suspected of taking advantage of security