Tue, December 10, 2024

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Richmond

Richmond council approves rebuilding historic cottage in Jackson Ward

Richmond City Council has approved a permit to construct a museum and community center in Jackson Ward, and it approved nearly $1 million in funding for the project.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: RTE Online

'Positive' start in attempts to form next government

Formal discussions between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to draw up a new Programme for Government have taken place this evening.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: USA Today

Elon Musk takes center stage as Trump's influencer and enforcer on Capitol Hill and beyond

JD Vance who? Elon Musk's role as right-hand man to Donald Trump takes shape as the billionaire gets more involved on Capitol Hill and beyond.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Raw Story

'Pit bulls of retribution': Swalwell braces for Trump admin after 'gross abuse'

A new watchdog report released Tuesday revealed that the Department of Justice under the first Donald Trump administration secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress, journalists, government staffers and incoming FBI director nominee Kash Patel — actions the top House Judiciary

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Fox News

SCOTUS hears arguments in case that could reshape environmental law

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case to determine the scope of NEPA's requirement for federal agencies to conduct environmental impact reviews.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Sky

Unions hint at public sector industrial action over 'offensive' 2.8% pay rise recommendation

The Royal College of Nursing says the proposed pay rise is as little as £2 extra a day - "less than the price of a coffee". The National Education Union (NEU) said the amount "won't do". It follows a period that has meant a combined increase of over 17% over the last three pay awards.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The New York Times

U.S. Data Agency Blames Old Tech and Other Failures for Missteps

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks jobs and inflation, issued a report on what caused embarrassing episodes in which data was released improperly.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: CNN

Supreme Court is poised to weaken environmental review of infrastructure projects

The Supreme Court appeared poised Tuesday to significantly weaken the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a case that could hand President-elect Donald Trump an early win on an issue he often hammered on during his first term.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Hill

Progressive left signals some 'DOGE' curiosity

The Republican-led "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) has intrigued the progressive left, offering potential and unexpected common ground. The brainchild of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Lincoln Journal Star

Developers want northeast corner of 84th and Van Dorn to become commercial site with hotel

Developers want the City Council to approve annexation and zoning changes on the corner of 84th and Van Dorn streets so they can build a commercial area with a hotel.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Leader-Post

Sask. government orders third-party review of misconduct, racism at Regina hospitals

More than a year after several Regina doctors filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission alleging racism and unprofessionalism, the government has ordered a third-party review to improve working conditions at Regina's hospitals.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Mirror

NHS staff and teachers told how much pay could rise next year triggering anger

NHS workers and teachers have responded with fury after a pay rise of 2.8% was proposed by ministers - with fears raised the country could descend into strikes again

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: London Evening Standard

Unions attack 2.8% Government pay rise proposal for NHS workers and teachers

Inflation is predicted to average 2.5% this year and 2.6% next year, according to forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Daily Telegraph

Reeves set for battle with unions over 2.8pc pay rise for teachers, nurses and civil servants

Ministers claim offer reflects 'challenging financial backdrop' despite being only 0.2 per cent above projected inflation

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Charlotte Observer

'Unhealthy conditions.' Charlotte must make 2 changes to protect tenants, advocates say

Charlotte housing advocates are calling for the city to create stricter code enforcement policies after unhealthy conditions and evictions at three Charlotte housing complexes.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: ABC

Watchdog raises concerns over Trump-era leak probes of reporters, members of Congress

A top government watchdog raised concerns over the handling of leak investigations during the first Trump administration that targeted members of Congress and the media.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Richmond

Virginia to receive $275M federal grant to expand chip factory in Manasssas

Micron Technology Inc. will use the grant to jump-start a $2.2 billion expansion of its semiconductor chip factory in Manassas for a new line of computer memory chips currently made only in Taiwan.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Daily Telegraph

Reeves plans 2.8pc pay rise next year for teachers, nurses and civil servants

Ministers claim the offer reflects a 'challenging financial backdrop'

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Hindu

Under pressure and despite the gaffes, Krishna walked the fine line of diplomacy

S.M. Krishna's tenure as Minister of External Affairs (2009-2011) is often remembered for gaffes, like the time in 2011 when he accidentally began to read out the Portuguese Foreign Minister's speech at the United Nations,

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Sydney Morning Herald

We've entered the era of gutless government

Labor has turned its mind to fixing the problems left by the Morrison government. But its timidity is holding up essential reform.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Sydney Morning Herald

Watch the exits: The 'real issue' missing in the migration debate

More than 80,000 temporary visitors, including "bogus asylum seekers", are refusing to leave Australia once their last resort to stay has lapsed.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Express Tribune

PTI calls govt's attempts to drag military into politics 'shameful, condemnable'

Party also rejected attempts to target former military official, General Faiz Hameed, under the name of Imran Khan

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Daily Express

More than 300 tractors to descend on Westminster to protest against 'stalinist' Government

More than 300 tractors will tomorrow rumble into Whitehall tomorrow to rally against the Government's "anti-farming Stalinist offensive". The farmers will descend on Westminster from all over the country to protest against Labour's inheritance tax ...

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Click2Houston

US says it will support new Syrian leaders who protect women and renounce terrorism

The Biden administration says the United States will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: WPLG

US officials to investigate labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua

A U.S. official says the Biden administration is opening an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Mail & Guardian

SACP to endorse decision to campaign alone for 2026 local government elections

The party will hold a special policy conference to decide on how to reconfigure its longstanding alliance with the ANC

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: The Globe and Mail

Freeland signals government will miss deficit target ahead of releasing fall economic update

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland gave the strongest signal yet that her government will blow past its most recent deficit target when she tables the fall economic statement next week, only committing publicly to one of the three benchmarks she set for herself just months ago.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Fox News

'Unified government': Incoming House Republican reveals agenda for new Congress after ousting Dem incumbent

Fox News Digital spoke to newly elected GOP Rep.-elect Gabe Evans about his successful defeat of an incumbent and his priorities in the next Congress in January.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Reuters

Brazil's left caught in the long shadow of ailing patriarch Lula

Emergency surgery to relieve a cranial hemorrhage has raised questions in Brazil over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's short-term agenda - and the vacuum he would leave on the left if he does not run for reelection in 2026.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Capitol Connection: Breaking down the Madigan trial and it's long list of witnesses

The trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continues in Chicago. The two sides have been presenting their cases for well over a month, and there is still a lot to cover. Madigan is charged with bribery,

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Healthcare to get boost in Welsh Government budget to tackle NHS waiting lists

An extra £1.5 billion is being put into public service, as part of the Welsh Government's proposed £26 billion budget for 2025-26.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Trump makes picks for roles in Justice Department, Office of Management and Budget

President-elect Donald Trump made two selections for roles within the Department of Justice and Office of Management and Budget.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

It is time for justice and accountability in Syria

That day has come, and shaping the future of Syria is now a new terrain of contestation, hopefully a productive one. It is far too early to be making declarations about what will happen next in Syria.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Under Russian Gazprom's thumb: Moldova faces new energy crisis and needs Ukraine's help

An energy crisis brewing in Moldova could escalate into a political one. Read the RBC-Ukraine article on why Russia is interested in this and who can help Chisinau. Contents ・Gas shortage - Problem #1 ・Chisinau fears crisis in Transnistria ・Electricity - Problem #2 ・Help from Ukraine for Moldova ・Crisis and its consequences Moldova has not

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

US to offer minimum acreage required at Alaska oil and gas auction

The Biden administration will offer oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at a sale on Jan. 9, the U.S. Interior Department said on Monday. The agency will make 400,000 acres (161,

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Russia takes step towards recognising Afghanistan's Taliban government

Russia moved a step closer towards recognising the Taliban government of Afghanistan on Tuesday as parliament voted in favour of a law that would make it possible to remove the Taliban from Moscow's list of banned terrorist organisations.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Mohammed Al-Bashir appointed head of Syrian government until March 2025

By bnm Egypt bureau Syrian armed factions have appointed Mohammed Al-Bashir to take over as the acting head of government in Syria until March 1, 2025, SANA reported on December 10. Al-Bashir will be succeeding Mohammad Jalali,

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Support Reason To Support Free Speech and Open Debate

Webathon is just about over. But it's not too late to give! So before this once-a-year give-us-your-money party concludes, I want to make one more appeal: Give us your money, because Reason will always stand on the side of open debate and free speech.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Wake up with the Washington Examiner: Republicans unified in squeezing DC and how Trump can target birthright citizenship

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Judicial overhaul champion Rothman says Netanyahu trial motivated him to join politics

The post Judicial overhaul champion Rothman says Netanyahu trial motivated him to join politics appeared first on The Times of Israel.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Under Pressure, Biden Opts For Minimum Acreage Possible In Drilling Decision

The Biden administration announced on Monday it will proceed with the smallest possible oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This move barely meets the mandates set by Congress,

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Abia: Otti budgets N750.2bn for 2025, allocates 35% to education, health

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

G-7 to Endorse Syrian Transition as Qatar Reaches Out to Rebels

Group of Seven leaders are willing to support a new Syrian government if the transition process respects minorities, while Qatar has become one of the first nations to establish communication with the rebels that toppled President Bashar al-Assad.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

DOJ v. DEI: Trump's Justice Department likely to target diversity programs

President-elect Donald Trump is set to challenge policies aimed at boosting diversity at companies and universities when he takes office next month, throwing the weight of the U.S. government behind growing conservative opposition to such practices.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

What Happens Next in Syria?

The speed of the rebel offensive, which culminated with the capture of Damascus, left its instigators little time to plan for what happens next. The main leader of the rebellion called for respect for Syria's institutions,

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Israel hits Syria with airstrikes, seizes buffer territory after Assad's ouster

Fox News' Greg Palkot reports the latest after the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

New lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan talks volunteerism, curling and reconciliation

Bernadette McIntyre, a former CEO with the Wascana Centre Authority and Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame inductee, will be Saskatchewan's next lieutenant-governor. She stopped by the CBC/Radio-Canada station in Regina to talk about what she hopes to achieve in her new role.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Raleigh News & Observer

Black NC voters twice as likely to have ballots challenged in Griffin election protests

Griffin is challenging the validity of over 60,000 ballots in the NC Supreme Court race. An N&O analysis found that Black voters were twice as likely to have their votes challenged as white voters.

Reeves plans 2.8pc pay rise next year for teachers, nurses and civil servants

Ministers claim the offer reflects a 'challenging financial backdrop'

Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, has announced that a Labour government would implement a pay rise for civil servants, aiming to boost morale and efficiency within the public sector. This policy is part of Labour's broader strategy to reform the civil service, which includes addressing the issues of low pay and high turnover that have plagued the sector. Reeves emphasized that better compensation would not only improve staff retention but also enhance the quality of public services. The announcement comes amidst ongoing discussions about public sector pay and the need for a more effective and motivated civil service to support Labour's ambitious policy agenda under Keir Starmer's leadership.

Read the Full The Daily Telegraph Article at:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/10/rachel-reeves-labour-plans-pay-rise-civil-service-starmer/