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Even though this scam has been widely reported on, and in some cases arrests have been made, it's still happening enough that Commonwealth Edison issued a warning about it just days ago.
Unionized workers at the Perry nuclear power plant in Northeast Ohio argue that plant owner Energy Harbor in Akron is trying to force them to pay higher health insurance costs despite a court order forbidding that kind of change. The union, Utility Workers of America Local 270, represents about 30 workers at the plant. Perry is about 30 miles east of Cleveland on the shore of Lake Erie. The union says the proposed changes amount to a cut in benefits and is seeking to quickly go to arbitration to settle the dispute. The local says Energy Harbor wants union workers to pay more for health insur...
David Eicks ANDERSON — The city of Anderson has reached a one-year contract agreement with two unions that will provide a 1% pay increase in 2021. The Anderson Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved contracts with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1913 and Local 108 of the Utility Workers of America. The new contracts will take effect Jan. 1 and run through Dec. 31, 2021. Tom Brown, director of human resources, explained the contract provides for a 1% pay increase for 2021 base pay. That pay raise was approved earlier this year for all non-union cit...
Broome County is under a state of Emergency that was issued December 16 while travel bans have been ordered in both Chenango and Broome Counties early December 17. Those bans are in place until further notice. A travel advisory has also issued in Cortland County until noon and the City of Binghamton is under a State of Emergency with City Hall closed December 17. Owego Town Hall is closed and Supervisor Donald Castellucci says there may be a delay in plowing town roads since staff was having difficulty getting to the highway department. At 7 a.m., Tioga County Legislative Chair Martha Saurbre...
ABC Columbia A look at how the first doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine could be distributed in SC The FDA says South Carolina can receive as many as 300,000 doses by the end of the year Dec 13, 2020 6:15 PM EST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –As the first round of vaccines are shipped across the United States Sunday, state and local health officials are preparing for the arrival and the distribution. The FDA says South Carolina could receive as many as 300,000 doses by the end of the year. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster reminds South Carolinians that this is not a fast process.