Interestingly, according to a report by the Texas Tribune, four U.S. House Democrats sent a letter to Biden asking him to rescind his order on land leasing. Those reps – Vincente Gonzalez of McAllen, Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Lizzie Pannill Fletcher of Houston, and Marc Veasy of Fort Worth – argue that the order is “far-reaching,” would eliminate jobs, increase imports from foreign counties, and reduce the country’s domestic problems, among other issues.
Biden has set a goal of eliminating pollution from fossil fuel in the power sector by 2035 and from the U.S. economy overall by 2050, speeding what is already a market-driven growth of solar and wind energy and lessening the country’s dependence on oil and gas. The aggressive plan is aimed at slowing human-caused global warming that is magnifying extreme weather events such as deadly wildfires in the West and drenching rains and hurricanes in the East.
DeSantis said Thursday he’s proposing $550 million, an increase of $50 million from this year, in the 2021-2022 state budget “to continue raising the minimum K-12 teacher salary to the goal of getting the average minimum salary statewide to be $47,500.”
The governor said the budget also would include salary increases for “other eligible teachers and instruction personnel.”
DeSantis said his proposed budget “builds off that success” of increasing teacher minimum salaries. But teacher advocates expressed concern that, like last year, his proposal largely might abandon the most experienced teachers.
“We think it is great that he is putting priority toward educators’ salaries,” said Vanessa Skipper, vice president of the Brevard Federation of Teachers. “But we hope that the money will be more balanced and that veteran teachers will see an increase to their pay as well.”
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Kaycen Bradley grew up in Glasgow, Kentucky with dreams of joining the U.S. Army. After graduating from high school in 2016 and moving to California, he began working with a recruiter to make his dream come true.
What You Need To Know
President Joe Biden reversed a ban on transgender service members
The ban prohibited troops from transitioning and transgender recruits from joining the military
One Kentucky native said he will now be able to enlist
Kaycen Bradley said he always felt the ban would be overturned
Then, in July of 2017, a tweet from former President Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt to those plans. Several months prior, Bradley, who is transgender, had started hormone replacement therapy. Trump’s newly announced ban on transgender service members would prevent him from joining, Bradley was told.
Changing The Landscape Of Street Vending in NYC By Anna Lucente Sterling New York City PUBLISHED 9:06 PM ET Jan. 27, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:06 PM EST Jan. 27, 2021
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The City Council is expected to pass a bill Thursday upending the landscape for the estimated 10,000 to 20,000 street vendors in New York City.
The bill would increase the number of vendors legally allowed to operate on city streets and overhaul enforcement.
The legislation would lift the nearly 40-year cap that has limited the number of permits issued by the city and more than double the amount of street vendors legally allowed to sell food on the street over the course of a decade. By 2032, 4,000 new permits would be issued, which would be in addition to the current 3,000.