| TTLA WOMEN'S CAUCUS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP, Friday, July 10th |
Friday, July 10th, 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM. This hands-on, interactive workshop will give you a place to improve your trial skillsâ?Œ Get a better work/life balanceâ?Œ Become an effective communicatorâ?Œ Improve leadership skillsâ?Œ and more! Lexlee Overton, Laurie Koller and Rena Cook will work directly with us in an interactive workshop â?? meaning you will be â?˜on your feetâ?? responding and practicing. Registration is limited to 50 people so that you can get the most out of this unique virtual workshop. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for July 8 |
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In today's Brief: Republican leaders will speak via video at the GOPâ??s in-person convention, some students and teachers will be required to wear face masks at school, and Texas universities continue planning for the fall semester.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 07/08/2020    |
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| Investigation: The Work Cure |
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Reveal identified at least 300 drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in 44 states that required participants to work long hours without pay, in likely violation of labor law. Some work for rehab-run businesses; others for outside companies such as Walmart, Exxon and Shell. The participants receive room and board and in some cases a small stipend or allowance typically amounting to less than $20 per week â?? well below the minimum wage.
Shoshana Walter, Reveal, The Center for Investigative Reporting 07/08/2020 |
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| Boeing Settles Almost All Lion Air 737 MAX Crash Claims |
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Boeing Co has reached settlement agreements in more than 90% of the wrongful death claims filed in federal court after the 2018 crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX in Indonesia that killed all 189 people on board, a court filing on Tuesday said. In a filing in federal court in Chicago, Boeing said claims relating to 171 of the 189 people on board the crashed jet have been fully or partially settled. That includes 140 of the 150 claims filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Associated Press, Yahoo News 07/08/2020 |
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| Bayer AG Agrees to Delay Part of Roundup Settlement |
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Bayer AG is delaying part of a proposed settlement regarding cancer claims over its weedkiller Roundup. A U.S. judge has recently questioned the company's plan to deal with future claims. The German-based company is seeking to end a number of lawsuits it inherited when it took over Monsanto in 2018. Bayer is expected to eventually spend close to $11 billion to settle nearly 100,000 lawsuits related to Roundup. â??Bayer remains strongly committed to a resolution that simultaneously addresses both the current litigation on reasonable terms and a viable solution to manage and resolve potential future litigation," noted a statement from the company.
Staff Report, Reuters 07/08/2020 |
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| Investigation Over Harris County Nursing Home COVID-19 Outbreak |
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Jacinto Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in east Harris County is under investigation following a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility, Harris County Public Health announced Tuesday. Four deaths at the Jacinto Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Holland Avenue are currently â??pending review to determine if COVID-19 related,â?? according to a news release. Another 57 residents and staff members have tested positive and are actively being monitored by public health officials, according to Harris County Public Health spokeswoman Martha Marquez. The facility has 148 total beds, records show.
Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle 07/08/2020
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| Incomplete Covid-19 Data on Medicare's Nursing Home Website |
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COVID-19 data on Medicareâ??s nursing home site is incomplete. Some facilities that have had coronavirus cases and deaths turn up as having none on Medicareâ??s COVID-19 nursing home website. Those data may be incomplete because the reporting requirements donâ??t reach back to the start of the pandemic. Numbers donâ??t necessarily portray the full picture.
Associated Press, Yahoo News 07/08/2020 |
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