New York transportation safety officers will see improved working conditions thanks to a newly ratified contract. The new American Federation of Government Employees and the Transportation Safety Administration agreement creates an engaging workplace for employees. Some points in the agreement include a new grievance and arbitration process to resolve cases quicker and better leave conditions. .
This year Californians can file simple tax forms for free and save time to boot, thanks to a new pilot project from the Internal Revenue Service called IRS Direct File. Californians spend an average of 9 hours and $150 a year to file their taxes. Adam Ruben, vice president of campaigns and political strategy for the nonprofit advocacy organization the Economic Security Project, said now they can just go to Directfile.IRS.gov. .
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By Olivia Sanchez for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Indiana News Service reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration People who read college applications are a lot like detectives. Without having been there for the event (the student s K-12 education and life), they must find clues in documents (high school transcripts and student essays) and eyewitness accounts (letters of recommendation) to solve the case (decide whether a student might be able to thrive at the college). But even with the extensive applications that each student submits, the detectives (college application readers) must do a lot of reading between the lines, said Tim Brunold, dean of admission at the University of Southern California. .
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Advocates for sexual assault survivors in Idaho and across the country are pushing for a more inclusive view of who is impacted by this issue. Trans, nonbinary and other gender-expansive individuals have largely been left out of data concerning sexual assault. .