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WORKINGTON Town Council appointed a new mayor on Wednesday evening. Councillor Herbert Briggs was sworn in as the Mayor for the upcoming year at a ceremony in the Moorclose Theatre. Councillor Briggs used his speech to thank his wife and family for all the support they had shown him over the years, as well as outgoing mayor Janet King for her work whilst in office. He also said he looked forward to what he hopes will be a great year in office. After the ceremony, he said: “It’s an...

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A new mayor of Workington was appointed at the Workington Town Council annual general meeting. On Wednesday evening Councillor Herbert Briggs, of the Harrington Ward was elected to serve as the Mayor of Workington for the upcoming year. The councillor takes over from Mayor Janet King, who has served in the role for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The mayors chosen charities while serving over the last two years have been Young Carers and Young Cumbria. Councillor Will Wilki...

‘EXCITING times’ lie ahead as a £4m project to replace a key piece of Workington’s transport infrastructure takes a giant step forward.

A wonky theory could explain why the minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour hhoffower@businessinsider.com (Hillary Hoffower,Nick Lichtenberg) © Provided by Business Insider The federal minimum wage is still $7.25. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Politicians still cant agree on hiking the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15. The economic theory of "Optimum Currency Area" (OCA) might explain why. The US is commonly thought of as an OCA, but $1 goes a lot further in Mississippi than it does i...

Lucy Nicholson/Reuters The economic theory of "Optimum Currency Area" (OCA) might explain why. The US is commonly thought of as an OCA, but $1 goes a lot further in Mississippi than it does in Hawaii. The federal minimum wage is currently at a standstill. President Joe Biden campaigned on raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15. But the $15 proposal was struck from his stimulus plan for not meeting the rules of budget reconciliation. Progressives have long been ...

Klein: A different way of thinking about cancel culture By Ezra Klein In March, Alexi McCammond, the newly hired editor of Teen Vogue, resigned following backlash over offensive tweets she’d sent a decade ago, beginning when she was 17. In January, Will Wilkinson lost his job as vice president for research at the center-right Niskanen Center for a satirical tweet about Republicans who wanted to hang Mike Pence. (Wilkinson was also suspended from his role as a New York Times Opinion contributo...

Ezra Klein: Another way of thinking about cancel culture We would all do better to remember that what feels like an offhand tweet to us could have real consequences for others. An undated portrait of Ezra Klein of The New York Times. (Anastasiia Sapon/The New York Times) By Ezra Klein | The New York Times   | April 18, 2021, 7:00 p.m. In March, Alexi McCammond, the newly hired editor of Teen Vogue, resigned following backlash over offensive tweets she’d sent a decade ago, beginning when she...

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