October 25, 2018
Orange County
Voice of OC: No party preference voters could be key to OC Congressional races
No party preference (NPP) voters could be the deciding factor in the four pivotal Orange County Congressional races since the group makes up roughly a quarter of voters in the contested U.S. House of Representatives districts
Rebuild SoCal: California’s infrastructure report card ranks low
In 2018, California roads received the grade of D. While this may not be surprising, it should be shocking that given the opportunity to put funds toward badly needed repairs, citizens instead face a possible repeal of the gas tax with Prop. 6. Voting NO is essential to allow S.B. 1 funds to go toward vital projects.
Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa prepares to start improving technology at City Hall
That darkened screen, which has been out of commission for weeks, is just one of the issues city officials hope to address as part of an upcoming project aimed at upgrading the chambers and, hopefully, elevating the viewing and listening experience for those following the proceedings in the nerve center of local government.
LA Times: Nearly one year and $22 million later, Time's Up is at a crossroads
Earlier this month, it was announced that Lisa Borders would be leaving her job as president of the Women's National Basketball Association to become president and CEO of Time’s Up. When a few reporters were hastily summoned to a news conference to meet her, the sense of relief among other group members was clear.
Labor
Labor 411: Amazon’s new $15 wage Is the third major victory by American workers this year
The first came from the wave of teacher strikes earlier in the year. Teachers in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and other states gained much-needed salary increases and education funding through labor activism.
AFL-CIO: Voting rights become a flashpoint in Georgia governor’s race
From blocking voter registrations for more than 50,000 Georgians, almost 70% of whom are people of color, to rejecting nearly 500 absentee ballots in a county that’s 62% nonwhite to forcing 40 black seniors off a bus taking them to vote early, Georgia is openly seeking to disenfranchise certain groups of citizens.
NY Times: Unemployment looks Like 2000 again. But wage growth doesn’t.
The government has several wage metrics that take different approaches, each with pros and cons. But virtually all of these agree that wage growth today is much slower now than it was on the eve of the 2001 recession, with its identical unemployment rate.
Publication Date: October 25, 2018
