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LaTonya Sims the former Park High School and University of Wisconsin basketball stands outside the Park Fieldhouse Sept. 16, 2002. GREGORY SHAVER
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Park s LaTonya Sims, left, battles Horlick s Jenny Belland, right, for the ball during their WIAA girls basketball regional Saturday, Mar. 1, 1997 at Park. JIM SLOSIAREK
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Park s LaTonya Sims puts on a pair of sunglasses as she leaves the Park Fieldhouse after a send-off rally for the girls basketball team heading to the state tournament in Madison. JIM SLOSIAREK
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Park s LaTonya Sims holds the WIAA Division I championship team trophy during a rally celebrating the team s win over Milwaukee Washington Monday, Mar. 17, 1997 at Park.
The annual Make A Difference for Pleasanton Festival, like so many other events during the pandemic, will be online this year. Instead of gathering in person to explore dozens of booths hosted by nonprofit organizations .
AAUW commemorates Roe v. Wade ruling
The Los Altos/Mountain View branch of the American Association of University Women is scheduled to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion with a Zoom presentation 2-3 p.m. Jan. 22.
Laurie Bertram Roberts, executive director of the Yellowhammer Fund, an abortion fund and reproductive justice organization focused on the Deep South, will discuss the impact of anti-choice restrictions. An AAUW press release said the Yellowhammer Fund’s approach to abortion funding and practical support is “one prong in alleviating the governmental and economic coercion placed on the bodies of people of low income – especially those who are people of color.”
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Given the tumultuous news that occupied all of our attentions last week, you may have missed the announcement that President-elect Biden has nominated Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be the next Secretary of Labor – the first union member to fill this role in nearly 50 years. The January 7 announcement is significant for the employment community given that the head of the Labor Department wields tremendous influence over workplace policy. Naturally, most employers are curious about what this transition will mean for them. To answer that question, we’ve once again assembled the opinions of some of our firm’s foremost thought leaders to help provide a glimpse into what you should expect from the U.S. Department of Labor for the foreseeable future. The consensus opinion? Get ready for a pendulum swing back toward worker-centered policy that employers last experienced during the eight-year Obama administration.