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Four seats on the Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education are up for election this November. We asked listeners what they wanted to know before heading to the polls.

Laura Mitchell assists clients with drafting of affirmative action plans in her employment practice in the Denver office of Jackson Lewis Law FIrm

"Going back to school can be a very stressful time not only for kids, but also for families," says Laura Mitchell of Beech Acres Parenting Center.

Proposed Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Pay a $15 Minimum Wage Is Released  The Labor Department is seeking comments by August 23.  The Labor Department announced on Wednesday it’s seeking public comment on a proposed rule directing federal contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage for their workers starting next year.  The rule works to implement President Biden’s executive order from April, which builds on one from President Obama in February 2014 that required federal contractors to pay their workers $10.10 per hour. Currently, the minimum wage for workers on federal cont...

1:08 The masks would be required until a higher student vaccination rate is reached. In the district, only 11% of students ages 12-18 have received vaccines through CPS clinics. In Hamilton County, 29% of kids aged 12-14 are vaccinated. The same goes for at least 37% of people in the county ages 15-19. Board Member Eve Bolton said she still doesn't understand why vaccinated people would have to wear masks in the buildings. She says the district moved to remote last year due to staff absences, not COVID-19 spreading throughout the district. "It was not that we had the pandemic spread wide, it ...