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The president of the Trucking Association, Rick Todd, said there is no better group to educate and utilize.  "Its hard to imagine a sector in the economy thats better position than a professional truck driver to spot and report to law enforcement when they see potential sex trafficking," Todd said. "What theyre taught is to be able to observe what kind of movements going on, what kind of people, what kind of activities, what kind of vehicles, how people come and go, whether theyre hanging out,...

Labor Dept. officially withdraws rule to define independent contractor within FLSA The Department of Labor is officially withdrawing a late-Trump-era rulemaking that would have clarified the definition of what it means to be an independent contractor within the Fair Labor Standards Act. Because the rule never took effect, owner-operators will see no changes as a result of the rules withdrawal. DOL published the final rule on Jan. 7, shortly before the end of Trump’s presidency. Just days...

ABC Columbia Apr 28, 2021 2:40 PM EDT COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is enlisting the help of truck drivers to curb human trafficking in the Palmetto State. Wilson, who is the chair of the State Human Trafficking Task Force, announced the launch of the SC Highway Heroes Campaign. “With thousands of miles of highways in South Carolina, we need everybody’s help in identifying and reporting potential cases of human trafficking,” Attorney General Wilson s...

April 9, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Following Gov. Whitmer’s press conference Friday in which she urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining, at least one local school district is taking action. In his weekly video update (posted below), Pinckney Superintendent Rick Todd said they would pause both in-person instruction and sports at the high school next week, with most students going to ...

As the state has seen a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, schools have been seeing similar trends. Some schools in Livingston County have seen surges in cases, but school leaders believe the likelihood of in-school transmission is still low. "We havent seen transmission in schools," Pinckney Superintendent Rick Todd said. "It could happen, but were not seeing that as a root cause. What were seeing are interactions without protocols where youre seeing that mass spread." The Detroit Free Press r...

March 15, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A rising count of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 is forcing one local school to return to all-remote learning this week, while superintendents are reminding their communities that mitigation strategies like mask-wearing and social distancing are still important if they want to keep schools fully open, including athletics. In his communication to parents on Friday, Brighton High School Principal Gavin Johnson a...

December 14, 2020 By Tom Tolen / news@whmi.com It will be 2021 before high school students in Livingston County can return to their classrooms. It was announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Nov. 15th that the Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services was imposing a partial shutdown — including a “pause” in grades 9-12 and college classroom learning — from Nov. 18th through Dec. 8th. However, the initial three-week pause was later extende...

If someone in this lawsuit or someone in this county has evidence of voter fraud or irregularities at the supervisors office, they should report it to a local law enforcement officer. >> lets go to rick todd. thank you so much for being with us. we heard from the judge urging both sides to ramp down the rhetoric. what change will we see from the scott campaign today? >> governor scotts position has been clear. he wants the laws of florida to be followed, and he wants to shine a light on the nonc...

Will it help mcconnell drive home the point his opponent is tied to the democratic establishment national little? margin i omara is a democratic strategist. rick, i would worry, i would worry, its always good to raise money but i would worry that what mcconnell is going to be able to do is put himself in the victim role. even republicans like to play victim. oh, theyre coming at me from all over the country, coming from hollywood, from vegas, coming after me, little old mitch. im just a kentucki...

Fund-raiser. >> i want to go to rick todd, virginia. can ken cuccinelli still win despite this talk about the gifts and governor? is this, it seems to have given mcconnell obama clintons good friend a lead of about five points. will that hold when the tough conservatives shell in november? >> i find it ironic that terry mcauliffe, who made a living and fortune by hustling donors is accusing cuccinelli of anything. this guy is a self-described hustler. he promised all these jobs with green tech t...