By Polly Toynbee Nov 19, 2019 In the dying days of the 2010 general election, too late, far too late, one event electrified the campaign. Citizens UK, the living wage community organisers, held a leaders’ hustings under the high dome of London’s Methodist Central Hall. In a heart-stopping moment, a 14-year-old girl, Tia Sanchez, stepped

By William Farley and Max Hulen The City of Ottumwa is considering investing in the development of a hotel property adjacent to the Bridgeview Center. The primary goal of the investment, as stated by Councilmember Mark Roe during his editorial board interview, is to attract visitor spending and offset the existing public subsidy to the

By Laurie Roberts Nov. 18, 2019 Attention Arizona: You have before you a bold — really bold (think brazen) — opportunity. The chance to sign a petition that “unleashes the ingenuity of the American spirit to strive to grow and prosper”. The chance to “safeguard fundamental freedom” and remain free from “the whims of politicians

By Levi Winchester Nov., 19 2019 MORE than 19,000 Lidl workers are set for a pay rise – but not until March next year. The supermarket is hiking pay packets to match the new Real Living Wage, which is rising to £9.30 per hour outside London. Employees working in London will see their wages boosted

By Pierre Briancon Nov 19, 2019 Electoral campaigns are the moment when political parties remember that there are more poor than rich voters, and in most western democracies, this is the time when promises to raise the minimum wage flourish. In the U.S., Democratic candidates for their party’s presidential nomination all seem to agree on

BY SARAH EWALL-WICE, AARON NAVARRO – NOVEMBER 16, 2019 Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards will remain the only Democratic governor in the deep south, after winning a tightly-contested governor’s election against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone Saturday night, according to the Associated Press. The Democratic candidate’s win is a discouraging sign for Republicans and President Donald