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The president of the Trucking Association, Rick Todd, said there is no better group to educate and utilize.  "It's hard to imagine a sector in the economy that's better position than a professional truck driver to spot and report to law enforcement when they see potential sex trafficking," Todd said. "What they're taught is to be able to observe what kind of movements going on, what kind of people, what kind of activities, what kind of vehicles, how people come and go, whether they're hanging out, exchanging things." Kathryn Moorehead is the Director of Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and ...

Labor Dept. officially withdraws rule to define independent contractor within FLSA The Department of Labor is officially withdrawing a late-Trump-era rulemaking that would have clarified the definition of what it means to be an independent contractor within the Fair Labor Standards Act. Because the rule never took effect, owner-operators will see no changes as a result of the rule's withdrawal. DOL published the final rule on Jan. 7, shortly before the end of Trump’s presidency. Just days prior to the rule’s publication, the incoming Biden administration specifically mentioned the i...

ABC Columbia Apr 28, 2021 2:40 PM EDT COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is enlisting the help of truck drivers to curb human trafficking in the Palmetto State. Wilson, who is the chair of the State Human Trafficking Task Force, announced the launch of the SC Highway Heroes Campaign. “With thousands of miles of highways in South Carolina, we need everybody’s help in identifying and reporting potential cases of human trafficking,” Attorney General Wilson said. “The State Task Force is eager to continue our efforts with the Trucking Association as well ...

April 9, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com Following Gov. Whitmer’s press conference Friday in which she urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining, at least one local school district is taking action. In his weekly video update (posted below), Pinckney Superintendent Rick Todd said they would pause both in-person instruction and sports at the high school next week, with most students going to online learning. Todd pointed to the 19 confirmed COVID cases since Monday in the district, which he...

As the state has seen a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, schools have been seeing similar trends. Some schools in Livingston County have seen surges in cases, but school leaders believe the likelihood of in-school transmission is still low. "We haven't seen transmission in schools," Pinckney Superintendent Rick Todd said. "It could happen, but we're not seeing that as a root cause. What we're seeing are interactions without protocols where you're seeing that mass spread." The Detroit Free Press reported on March 17 that the largest portion of new COVID-19 cases in Michigan was school-age ch...