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Missouri voters backed stronger wage and sick leave laws—and then state Republicans repealed them

Fast Company Tech

In recent years, voters in Michigan, Missouri, and Nebraska overwhelmingly backed higher state minimum wages and guaranteed paid sick leave at the polls. If the bill becomes law, wage increases will cease in January 2027. In Michigan, Democrats have joined the effort. Paid sick leave, she said, is a common sense solution.

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Building a Tech-Driven Legal Aid Network for the 21st Century

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Al Schwartz, Executive Director, CARPLS Legal Aid. And in most civil cases (typically those covering issues of housing, family, and consumer law), people represent themselves because there is generally no right to legal counsel in civil matters. Executive Director, CARPLS Legal Aid. live in near poverty. About the Author.

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The federal government is investigating yet another Tesla Autopilot crash

The Verge

The crash took place outside of Lansing, Michigan, when the driver of a Tesla Model Y smashed into a state trooper’s cruiser. Michigan police said the driver was using Autopilot, Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS), at the time of the crash.

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Feds would be banned from using facial recognition under new bill

The Verge

On Thursday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban federal law enforcement from using facial recognition technology and make it more difficult for state and local police departments to use the tech. The bill would effectively prohibit the tech’s use until Congress passes a law explicitly allowing it.

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Berkeley Yeast, S2G dish on the future of beer, meat and more at TC Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch

These are just a few of the questions we can’t wait to digest when Charles Denby, co-founder and CEO of Berkeley Yeast, and Matthew Walker, managing director of food and agriculture at S2G Ventures, join us for a session called “Beer, Lab Meat and Climate Chaos.”

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States seek alternatives to pay for infrastructure since more EVs means less gas tax revenue

Fast Company Tech

But we need the funds to operate our roads that EVs need to use as well, said Carra Sahler, director of the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School. In Michigan, where Gov. Other states have taken such steps as indexing their gas tax to inflation, raising registration fees for EVs and taxing EV charging stations.

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Employee Spotlight: Zoë Soriano – Senior Motion Designer @ M+R

M+R

First up: NWLC Caregiving CTV [ [link] ] For National Women’s Law Center, the team and I wanted to create a CTV spot that recognized care workers for their immense impact on the lives they touched, while also discussing how Congress has failed care workers. Reach out to Senior Creative Directors Will Valverde or Gwen McGarry !

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