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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday signed into law a bill that revamps the state’s teacher evaluation system, giving more control to local districts and eliminating the requirement that students' test scores be used to assess instructors.
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Chipotle, following an investigation by the Department of Labor’s Division of Labor Standards, was told to directly pay all active employees as well as to provide funds to the state so it could pay former employees, according to state officials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, warning — as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories — that high temperatures are the country’s leading weather-related killer.
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“Today we took another important step toward providing the voters the opportunity to support this measure that helps safeguard our environment and improve water quality for generations to come," Romaine said in a statement after the vote.

When COVID-19 pandemic restrictions began in 2020, many people could work from home. But those who helped maintain essential services couldn't.

Now, Babylon Village officials are planning to recognize those essential workers with a “Heroes Fountain.”

Starbucks workers in West Hempstead voted 11-10 Thursday night to unionize, the latest in the chain's Long Island locations to join a national union push at the Seattle-based coffee giant.