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Public colleges in West Virginia and Florida are among the first in the country to begin administering the coveted COVID-19 vaccines to certain faculty and staff who do not work in health care.
The University System of West Virginia began administering COVID-19 vaccines to faculty and staff age 50 or over late last month. In Florida, where individuals age 65 or older are eligible for the vaccine, the University of Florida has been administering them to faculty and staff aged 65 or over since last week. Florida State University is expected to begin vaccinations for faculty and staff age 65 or over as early as this week.
It’s been more than nine months now since politicians across America “temporarily” shut down K-12 schools in their jurisdictions as part of an extraordinary effort to combat the spread of COVID-19.
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President-elect Joe Biden s pick for labor secretary was once caught on a wiretap admitting that he threatened a development company for refusing to use union workers.
Biden chose Boston mayor Marty Walsh (D.) to lead the Department of Labor, praising the longtime union ally as a good friend and stand up guy in a Friday announcement. As head of Boston s Building and Construction Trades Council, however, Walsh was ensnared in a federal probe alleging strong-arm tactics by union leaders.
Federal agents captured Walsh on tape candidly discussing strong-arm tactics with a fellow local labor leader in October 2012. The Boston Democrat recalled threatening development company AvalonBay with permitting problems on an upcoming project should it fail to hire union laborers, according to a 2016