Mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Scott Stringer is proposing the city make day camps and other recreational activities free this summer through federal stimulus money that’s expected to flow here in the coming weeks. Stringer, who announced the proposal as part one of his “Summer in the City” plan Monday […]
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President BidenJoe BidenJobs report adds to Biden momentum White House says bills are bipartisan even if GOP doesn’t vote for them Trump calls for boycott of MLB for moving All-Star Game MORE’s American Jobs Plan includes a welcome acknowledgment of the need to bolster and invest in “civic infrastructure” — […]
Happy Friday and welcome back to On The Money, where we’re wishing a Happy Easter to all who observe. I’m Sylvan Lane, and here’s your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line. See something I missed? Let me know at [email protected] or tweet me @SylvanLane. And […]
The U.S. added a whopping 916,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 6 percent in March as the recovery from the coronavirus recession chugged ahead, the Labor Department reported Friday. The March jobs report showed the U.S. economy picking up speed as COVID-19 vaccinations accelerated, restrictions eased and President BidenJoe […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Parks and Recreation Department’s Aquatic Division is in search of up to 650 lifeguards for the upcoming summer season. Division leaders said, under normal circumstances, some positions would already be filled since training is typically in November. Because of the pandemic and the restrictions, however, […]
Tiffany Arnold had been a paratransit driver for Atlanta’s mass transit system, MARTA, for nine years when COVID-19 sent the city into lockdown. Just like that, her job and all her co-workers’ jobs vanished. “How are we going to eat, how are we going to live, how are we going […]
The Courtyard by Marriott hotel in downtown Springfield. BILL LACKEY/STAFF Credit: Bill Lackey Credit: Bill Lackey The Courtyard has 15 full time associates and 17 part time associates. What is happening locally is part of larger statewide trends that has seen the travel and hospitality industry being hard hit by […]
[email protected] The 22nd annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival will return virtually this year, giving attendees the opportunity to participate in a reading celebration. The free annual festival produced by the Lee County Library System, is intended to incite a passion for reading and offers a variety of […]
The Jamestown Planning Commission discussed a proposal on the Chadakoin Adventure Trail to connect Love Elementary School and Jackson-Taylor Park during its monthly meeting Tuesday. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips Following several discussions on small cell 5G technology, the Jamestown Planning Commission has approved an ordinance to […]
Stephanie Jones is founder and CEO of the National Blacks in Travel & Tourism Collaborative and a United States Travel and Tourism Advisory board member. Stephanie M. Jones A one-stop-shop website aimed at matching Black professionals with tourism business opportunities just went live. The Black Tourism Talent Directory features profiles […]
photo by: Journal-World Photo Illustration Lawrence Journal-World Editorial Think whatever you want about the fairness of Twitter banning Donald Trump from its platform, but reasonable people should quash this notion that Twitter’s decision somehow is a violation of the First Amendment. Instead, reasonable people — which hopefully […]
The Greater Pine Island Civic Association again discussed the Doppler radar tower WINK News hopes to build on property at 4798 Stringfellow Road in St. James City. FILE PHOTO [email protected] The Greater Pine Island Civic Association held an online Zoom meeting Tuesday, Jan. 5. Topping the agenda […]
As the coronavirus pandemic and related health orders closed and limited businesses, the City of Lawrence planned for multimillion-dollar revenue losses. However, that worst-case scenario did not occur, putting the city in a stronger-than-anticipated position going into 2021. Though the city did see significant drops in several revenue streams, some […]
A woman reads a sign at a closed store during the coronavirus in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 9, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) The economic rebound floundered in December as coronavirus numbers ticked up again and government stimulus aid began to run out. The U.S. lost 140,000 jobs during the last month of […]
T-R FILE PHOTO A Garling Construction crew of Belle Plaine at work on the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Marshalltown saw some big projects either start, finish or make heaps of progress in 2020. Never a city to be held down by a natural disaster, let alone a global […]
Today marks the end of a journey of sorts. It’s a journey we’ve been on together for 6 1/2 years. In 2014, I started writing for “The Vindicator” under the guidance of former editor-in-chief Todd Franko. He envisioned a weekly column that explored the connections we make with family and […]
Careers to explore in retirement Some people look forward to nothing more than being able to kick back in retirement. Yet for others, keeping busy and earning some extra income make the prospect of part-time work attractive. Click or scroll through our list of the most rewarding, flexible and generously-paid post-retirement occupations. […]
Oh, God, please don’t make me do it. The U.S. stock market’s extraordinary, positive reaction to a nonfarm payrolls report that was about 50% below expectations — with only 245,000 jobs created in November — forced me to go to the BLS website and actually read the report. This is […]
photo by: Dylan Lysen/Lawrence Journal-World Cindy Weaverling, who works for Bodytruth Soap Apothecary, prepares online orders to ship through the mail on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. The business has seen an increase in online sales since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. As cases in the ongoing […]
[email protected] Every year, Santa Claus makes the long journey from the North Pole to North Fort Myers and the Shell Factory to get some sun and find out what all the good little girls and boys want for Christmas. This year will be no different as he will appear at […]
[email protected] The North Fort Myers Recreation Center will put on two of their favorite holiday events in December, social distancing this year. Children of all ages will be able to have Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Kids will be able to meet the […]
Working on developing cosmetology skills at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center. The CCCTC programs being featured in November are Cosmetology and Construction Technology. These programs are very popular with students because students gain the skills and certifications they need to enter straight into the workforce upon graduation. Even […]