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The Orange County Labor Federation (OCLF) announced their endorsement of Santa Ana Mayor, former City Councilmember, and business owner

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A group of prisoners has begun a letter-writing campaign to protest what they see as an unfair ban on pornography inside the state's correctional institutions. The Department of Correction announced in July that it would be banning all material that contains "pictorial depictions of sexual activity or nudity" from the prisons beginning next summer.

The three-year agreement covers more than half the county workforce.

The Lancaster City Council and the AFSCME Local 3427 have each rejected a fact finding agreement, meaning both groups will need to find new terms.

Sangamon County authorities are holding a Thayer man suspected in the stabbing death of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services worker.

A $468,000 consultants report says improvements are needed in training, pay and retention of prison employees to address lack of adequate staffing.

The Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center hopes a new pay raise approved last month will help address its ongoing staffing shortage.

Daily COVID-19 vaccinations jumped to 70,688 Tuesday, coinciding with a deadline for certain state workers to get their first shot.

An amendment to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act that allows an employer to fire a worker for noncompliance with COVID-19 vaccine or test requirements surfaced Monday ahead of the final three scheduled days of legislative action this year.

State announces deal with 7,800 employees over COVID-19 vaccines, goes to arbitration with prison workers.