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On March 31, the Biden Administration released details on its “American Jobs Plan.” Containing $2.25 trillion in new spending, $400 billion in tax credits, and $2.75 trillion in tax increases, if passed as proposed, the plan would be among the largest pieces of legislation in American history.REF The sprawling nature of the proposal, which includes taxes, transportation infrastructure, schools, health benefits, economic incentives, and more, makes the package difficult to analyze and summarize for public debate.
This has become standard practice in Washington: Leading Members of Congress bundle disparate policy measures into a handful of bloated legislative vehicles per session, and deem them “must pass” in order to pressure rank-and-file Members to vote in favor of them regardless of their specific policy concerns.REF
By Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror
Two cabinet secretaries with New England roots toured the General Dynamics Electric Boat submarine shipyard in Groton that anchors the economy of southeastern Connecticut on Tuesday, promoting elements of President Joe Biden’s jobs proposal that would expand apprenticeship programs important to EB.
The trip by Labor Secretary Martin J. Walsh and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo brought the former Boston mayor and former Rhode Island governor to a regional employer flush with federal contracts, challenged only by the need to hire and train thousands of designers, engineers and assemblers in a rapidly growing workforce.
With work underway on a new class of submarines and the Cold War generation of shipyard workers hitting retirement age, EB’s president, Kevin M. Graney, said the company will be in an aggressive hiring mode for the foreseeable future assuming Connecticut and Rhode Island can continue to produce a job-ready workforce.
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FARMINGTON Turrin Mondor, 19, spends an average of 30 hours a week at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies on Main Street, opening and closing the store, keeping track of inventory, organizing credit card statements and cash deposits, and helping customers.
Turrin Mondor poses at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies on Main Street in Farmington where they have a 300-hour funded position through the federal Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act. Mondor is the first person in Franklin County to receive the youth-focused category of these federal funds.
Andrea Swiedom/Franklin Journal
This is Mondor’s second job, funded through the federal Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act implemented by Congress in 2014. The act supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and was passed to grow local economies and reduce workforce barriers for specific populations such as youth and dislocated workers.
Clark College president focuses on equity
Edwards also discusses budget issues due to pandemic in address
Published: March 8, 2021, 4:15pm
Share: Karin Edwards, president of Clark College who has a background supporting students of color, is pictured on campus Tuesday afternoon, July 7, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Clark College first-year President Karin Edwards spoke on advancing racial equity in higher education, continuing budget challenges facing the college and how the school has responded to COVID-19 in her virtual State of the College Address.
The 35-minute address late last week was the school’s second attempt at delivering Edwards’ message. It cited technical issues when the prerecorded video was pulled from its website and YouTube minutes into its debut Jan. 28.
February 25, 2021
The Southern Maryland Workforce Development Board, a division of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland (TCCSMD), has posted its updated WIOA Integrated plan for public comment through March 31, 2021. It can be accessed at https://tccsmd.org/wioa-integrated-plan/. Send comments to malaw528@aol.com.
Background: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law on July 22, 2014 and became effective July 1, 2015. WIOA supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and is designed to help youth, job seekers and businesses. The Act requires each Local Workforce Development Area to develop and submit to the Governor a comprehensive four-year local plan, in partnership with the Chief Elected Officials.