NEW MINIMUM WAGES FOR MINNESOTA NURSING HOME WORKERS RECEIVED FINAL FEDERAL APPROVAL AND WILL TAKE EFFECT ON SEPT. 10, MORE THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE STATE LEGISLATURE CREATED A NATION-LEADING LABOR STANDARDS BOARD TO SET PAY AND WORKING STANDARDS FOR SOME OF THE STATE’S LOWEST-PAID WORKERS.
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS WILL RECEIVE RAISES WITH THE NEW HOURLY WAGE FLOORS ACROSS FOUR JOB CATEGORIES: $22.50 FOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS, $23.50 FOR TRAINED MEDICATION AIDES, $27 FOR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES, AND $19 FOR ALL OTHER NURSING HOME WORKERS. THE HOURLY WAGES WILL INCREASE ANOTHER $1.50 PER HOUR ACROSS ALL JOB CATEGORIES ON JAN. 1.
AT MONDAY’S ROSEAU SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, KEITH SEVERSON PRESENTED ON THE POLARIS STUDENT DESIGN CHALLENGE. AN ADDED ELEMENT FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE WORKING WITH KLIM AND 509 ON DESIGNS FOR SNOWMOBILE SUITS AND HELMETS, AND OTHER APPARREL, IN ADDITION TO DESIGNS OF SLEDS AND ATV’S.
THERE IS FUNDRAISING BINGO TONIGHT AT THE GAZEBO IN ROSEAU. THAT WILL HELP THE ROSEAU 7TH GRADE GET TO WOLF RIDGE THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THERE IS A TACO-IN-A-BAG FUNDRAISER FOR $8, READY AT 6 PM, WITH THE FIRST GAME OF BINGO AT 6:30. A 20 GAME BINGO PACKET IS $15 OR PAY $1 PER CARD. WINNERS WILL PICK FROM MYSTERY PRIZES.
THE SPRING WHEAT HARVEST HAS BEEN MOVING QUICKLY, WITH ALL SIX MAJOR GROWING STATES AHEAD OF LAST YEAR’S HARVEST PACE AND FIVE OF THE SIX AHEAD OF AVERAGE PACE.
THE USDA’S CROP PROGRESS REPORT RELEASED ON MONDAY, AUG. 17, SHOWED SPRING WHEAT HARVEST WAS 41% COMPLETED, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR’S PACE OF 24% AND THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF 34%.
THE CROP PROGRESS REPORT PUT CONDITIONS IN THE SIX MAJOR GROWING STATES AT 6% EXCELLENT, 46% GOOD, 36% FAIR, 10% POOR AND 2% VERY POOR. THAT’S VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR’S CONDITIONS AT THE SAME TIME OF YEAR.
AS MINNESOTA FAMILIES HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL, A NEW NATIONAL SURVEY OF MORE THAN 2,000 PARENTS OFFERS A LOOK AT WHAT’S ON FAMILIES’ MINDS, FROM AI IN THE CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL SAFETY TO THE STRESS THAT COMES WITH NAVIGATING A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
THE SURVEY FOUND THAT 76% OF PARENTS SUPPORT AT LEAST SOME USE OF AI IN SCHOOLS. 78% PERCENT SAID THAT A SCHOOL’S AI REGULATIONS ARE A PART OF WHAT THEY MAY CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE SCHOOL FOR THEIR CHILD.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TOOK EXECUTIVE ACTION TO TRY TO THWART MINING EFFORTS IN THE BOUNDARY WATERS. IN HIS STATEMENT HE SAID, “THIS MORNING, I’M USING MY EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO PUT AN END TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON THE SANCTITY OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS. UNDER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER I’M ISSUING, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY WILL REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROCESS THAT LEADS TO NONFERROUS MINING IN THE RAINY RIVER HEADWATERS WATERSHED.
AND WHILE THE DETAILS OF THE ORDER MAY BE COMPREHENSIVE, THE UPSHOT IS REALLY SIMPLE: AS FAR AS MY ADMINISTRATION IS CONCERNED, THE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS IS OVER. THE VERDICT IS IN. THE DECISION IS MADE. WE WILL PROTECT THIS PLACE.”
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