NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2021 Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) (“Cowen” or the “Company”) today announced with great sadness that Director Jack H. Nusbaum passed away
Criminal backgrounds
One part of the bill, called the Employee Background Fairness Act, calls for strictly limiting the ability of employers to use a personâs criminal history to deny someone a job or take any other adverse action unless there is a âdirect relationshipâ between the conviction and the job, or if there is a specific federal, state or local law prohibiting the employment of such a person.
It also contains similar language regarding housing in buildings under the jurisdiction of public housing authorities.
âIt s just important to note that 55% of Illinois adults have a criminal record, and an applicant with a record is 50% less likely to get a callback for a job offer or an interview than an individual who does not,â said Matt Smith of Cabrini Green Legal Aid. âSo what we see is that just routinely, people who ve been caught up in the criminal legal system, sometimes decades prior, continue to face huge and insurmountable challenges in ge
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Prominent local beverages company Paradise Beverages (PBF) has renewed its focus in Samoa on producing high quality local beer.
In its market announcement issued by the South Pacific Stock Exchange (SPSE), it stated that from early next year, Coca-Cola trademark beverages produced by PBF’s Samoan subsidiary (Samoa Breweries Limited) would be imported into Samoa from Fiji and New Zealand.
It stated that this would allow Samoa Breweries to focus on brewing and growing the Vailima Brand.
“Samoa Breweries will continue to distribute The Coca-Cola Company’s trademark beverages range but will be able to offer consumers a larger range of beverages, including a significantly expanded range of no sugar and low sugar beverages previously unavailable in Samoa,” the company stated.
Evacuating Santa Cruz County’s homeless amid disaster presents a difficult task [Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif.]
Dec. 13 SANTA CRUZ When it comes to disaster response, the public’s immediate focus in the moment often is on safe evacuations.
Safe escape planning and timely evacuation notice were prominent among resident concerns expressed during a town hall meeting last month related to the dangers of mixing pending winter rainfall and the devastation wrought by the CZU August Lightning Complex fires. Santa Cruz County Assistant Director of Public Works Ken Edler said debris flows, the deadly masses of mud, rocks, boulders, entire trees and sometimes vehicles and homes, often referred to as landslides or mudslides, move up to 30 mph. First responders cannot fight them in the same way they would a fire and evacuation are the most prudent response, authorities say.
this defendant signed a plea 10 years to life. he would have accepted the 10 years. he did accept the 10 years. i think we can all go to washoe county. reno, corrupt place. run by a corrupt people. all right, who don t care about the kids. and, see, if i were the d.a., i would have said i m resigning. i can t do this anymore. do what you said which was ask for recall election of this judge. throw him off othe bench. you can t impeach this judge. you could recall him. you could recall him and get his pension out of there. yeah. in that county we won t accept people who won t protect children. they don t have to explain it. something needs to be done to send a message. i would like to hear the explanation from this brent adams. then maybe we will know the facts. he said it s a clerical error. hiding behind that retire early not wait until