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Shodeen Groups controversial $48 million One Washington Place project was initially approved by the city council in 2017 and has faced several plan updates and construction delays.

The case was heard by Chief Judge Christina Inglis, Judge Joanna Holden and Judge Kathryn Beck. At the hearing on October 13, the company’s lawyer, Emma Butcher, said it was a simple matter of whether the Minimum Wage Act applied to the payment of employees who were not working. “This is not a case about exploitation of workers,” Butcher said. “The Minimum Wage Act has no application to these facts and as such the determination is incorrect and should be overturned.” Following th...

Controversial downtown Batavia project gets new life after mayors tiebreaking vote Retail space along River and Wilson streets, office space, 186 apartments and a two-level parking garage are included in plans for the proposed One Washington Place in downtown Batavia. Courtesy of Shodeen Group   The former First Baptist Church of Batavia was demolished to make way for the One Washington Place development. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer, 2017   Updated 1/6/2021 8:44 AM Thank...

Victorians are waiting hours just to be turned away from testing clinics as the state works to contain the ...

Queenslands public servants wont be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available, but it will be strongly recommended. It comes after some of the states biggest employers left the door open to introducing a "no jab, no pay" policy, with the retail sector saying a mass uptake of the ­jab could be the only way out of the "COVID-normal" way of life. Asked whether public servants in Queensland would be required to get the vaccine, Health Minister Yvette DAth said the Governmen...

By Niamh ODonoghue

Advertisement The Victorian Liberal Party faces an even more severe drubbing at the next election as three seats crucial to its election prospects are likely to be abolished in a redrawing of electoral boundaries that will result in new seats in Labors heartland. Election experts and political pundits say the Liberals face a long spell in the political wilderness unless they broaden their voter base to include migrant communities in the outer suburbs. Veteran ABC election analyst Antony Green. ...

John Mangru With his hyper-feminine designs, which bring silhouette and form to the fore, stylist John Mangru — National College of Art and Design’s graduate class of 2020 — is determined to rewrite the codes of modern dressing. Just take a look at the emerging designer’s Instagram account, where you’ll find a smorgasbord of visual goodies — most notable are Mangru’s recognisable handmade corsets — in a fizzy colour palette of fire-engine red, zingy neon green and candyfloss pi...

Tribune Opinion: Willmar City Council members need to look in the mirror Summary: It is time for Willmar City Council members to leave the schoolyard pettiness at home. Returning and new Willmar City Council members must put on their “big person pants,” forget personal agendas, get down to conducting the business of the city and help move Willmar forward.  Written By: Tribune Opinion | × Councilors Audrey Nelsen, left, Vicki Davis, Andrew Plowman, Rick Fagerlie and Mayor Ma...

DEAR EDITOR: It’s time to do a clean repeal of House Bill 6, the largest bribery, money-laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio. A repeal would make things right with Ohioans who were asked to bail out the energy company. The bill was tied to bribing GOP lawmakers. HB 6 dates back to July 2019, when Ohio legislators were pressured into passing it and opened the way for House Speaker Larry Householder allegedly to rake in $61 million in a corrupt process that...