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Music Commission to consider city-lead push for better pay for SXSW musicians

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

Austin (KXAN) — The City of Austin's Music Commission will consider backing changes that would raise pay for musicians who play at South By Southwest. This comes after the city's Parks and Recreation board recommended to start charging the festival to use city venues if wages are not increased. Austin Parks and Rec Board votes to recommend ‘fair pay’ for SXSW artists The Music Commission is set to discuss recommendations and possibly take action at its meeting Wednesday evening. Any recommendations the board makes would then go to the Austin city council, then to the city manager.According to the SXSW website, artists not compensated with a festival badge can choose to be paid instead. Bands will be paid $350, solo artists will be paid $150.Unions advocate for fair pay This latest push for fair pay for SXSW musicians started just before this year's festival. The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers announced a campaign advocating for better musician pay in early February. Music...

Deep Eddy Pool returns to regular hours after repairs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Deep Eddy Pool returned to its regular operational hours after undergoing repairs. The pool is now open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, with the shallow end opening at 10 a.m.The City of Austin said these hours reflect a return to normal operational hours after the well pump and other mechanical issues were repaired.For more information about Deep Eddy Pool, visit the city's website.

Former Gophers star, Olympic champion Gable Steveson has one year of NCAA wrestling left, but will WWE allow him to use it?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

One hurdle has been cleared for Gable Steveson to return to collegiate wrestling, but another one awaits.Gophers Athletics Director Mark Coyle said Wednesday that Steveson has one season of collegiate eligibility remaining.Coyle’s statement shared delight over the possibility the two-time NCAA heavyweight champion might put on a maroon-and-gold singlet again. The Apple Valley native initially moved on after winning the 2022 NCAA championship. He also won a 2020 Olympic gold medal.“(Gable) is the most entertaining athlete in collegiate sports, and we are thrilled about the possibility of being able to watch him compete once again as a Gopher,” Coyle said.But Steveson will need to be granted the opportunity to resume collegiate wrestling from WWE; Steveson signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) contact with WWE in 2021 and it initially allowed him to compete in the NCAA. But two sources told the Pioneer Press it’s uncertain if the professional wrestling organization will grant a requ...

Judge bans White House communication with Big Tech

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) -- During the pandemic, we were overwhelmed with information on vaccines, where to get COVID tests, social distancing and more. But many claim some posts of those posts were censored, and they’re blaming the White House. As part of a lawsuit over government censorship, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Biden administration from communicating with Big Tech. Trump says he’d ban government from labeling speech as misinformation "I don’t believe they’re saying social media companies don’t have a right to moderate their content, it really seems to be ‘Is the government becoming too involved?’ So I think that’s really the heart of the lawsuit," said Ryan McCall, an attorney with Tully Rinckey. According to the ruling, the Biden Administration - including the Department of Health and FBI - can’t have any communication with social media companies. The case was brought on by Republican Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry and former Missouri Attorney General, E...

NYS waives civil service fees

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- New York State is facing a workforce shortage of about 14,000 employees. The New York State Health Department alone is looking to fill 1,500 jobs in a wide range of positions."They range from medical doctor, to nurse to architects, to nurses, surveyors, administrative staff, operational staff, so we are really a vast entity that hires several types of professionals and skill sets," explained Megan Baldwin, Acting Executive Deputy Commissioner for NYS DOH.To help recruit more workers, $2.5 million dollars was allocated in the state budget to waive the cost of civil service exam fees until 2025, which typically cost between $25 to $45 dollars."This really reduces the barriers to entry into state government and that’s what we are really trying to do," said Timothy Hogues, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Civil Service.In an online statement, the president of the New York State Public Employees Federation said, “New York needs to do everything it ...

Town of Glen celebrates its bicentennial on July 8

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

GLEN, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On July 8, the Town of Glen is celebrating its bicentennial with live music, games, and more! The bicentennial will kick off with an opening ceremony with Assemblyman Robert Smullen scheduled to make an appearance. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Events will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the Hamlet of Glen along Mill Point Road. Highlights include live performances by Shane McGrath and Bob Naumowicz, a postal cancellation with a custom postmark, a baking contest, games, and more!Attendees can pick up a schedule of events, a map of the locations, and tickets for free ice cream at the Glen Conservancy Hall. For additional information or updates about events, visit the Town of Glen NY 2023 Bicentennial Facebook page.

Teen charged as adult in St. Charles County with 16-year-old's killing

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Charles teen has been transferred from the county's Juvenile/Family Court to the 11th Circuit Court to face trial as an adult for a February 2023 fatal shooting.Lydia Elking of Lake St. Louis died on Saturday, Feb. 18. She was 15.Within days of the shooting, two teens were arrested and charged for the crime. In March, Elking's boyfriend was charged in connection with her death.According to Lt. Thomas Wilkison, a spokesman for the St. Charles Police Department, officers were called to St. Joseph’s Hospital just before 8:50 p.m. on Feb. 18. SLMPD investigating several overnight shootings Elking and her 17-year-old boyfriend arrived at the hospital after being shot at, Wilkison said. Elking suffered a gunshot wound to her chest, and the boyfriend drove her to the hospital to report the shooting.Initially, the 17-year-old told detectives he and Elking had been asked to meet two people in the area of Oak Avenue and Perry Street, near Lincoln Elementary S...

Dispensary buys former South Broadway firehouse for $3M

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

A local dispensary has bought a piece of the city’s history.Wellness Center of the Rockies, also known as The Center, recently purchased a former firehouse at 600 S. Broadway for $3 million.The seller, Firehouse Thirteen LLC, purchased the property for $300,000 in 2000, property records show. The 5,360-square-foot building was built in 1890 and was formerly the town of South Denver’s firehouse before becoming Denver’s 13th firehouse in 1900. It remained in service for 70 years before being converted to office space in the 1970s, according to listing information.Joe Awad of Henry Group Real Estate worked with the seller and closed the deal on June 20 while Shannon Bustos of A&N Real Estate represented the buyer. Awad said the property has been recently renovated and was on the market under a month before the purchase. “It was actually a negotiable kind of deal,” he said. “It was listed for lease and then we got approached by the group who wanted to just buy it. We gave them a pri...

Pizzeria Locale closing all locations, dissolving the business

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

Pizzeria Locale, once a promising and popular joint venture between a local restaurant group and the Chipotle chain, announced Wednesday that it will close its remaining locations.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Seafood restaurateur pivots to Italian for new DTC restaurant Restaurants, Food and Drink | Grandma’s House brewery pulls out of Trinidad lease with Sexy Pizza Restaurants, Food and Drink | Dining after dark: 9 Denver eateries open past midnight “We have made the decision to close all five Pizzeria Locale restaurants on July 10 and dissolve the business,” Chipotle chief corporate affairs officer Laurie Schalow said in a statement. “Impacted employees have been extended employment opportunities at Chipotle restaurants in the Denver area.”The move comes six months after Pizzeria Locale founders Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson separated their original location, a sit-down restaurant at 1738 Pearl St. in...

More than 2 in 5 Coloradans who had eligibility reviewed lost Medicaid in first assessment since COVID

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:56:40 GMT

More than two-fifths of the 120,000 Coloradans whose Medicaid coverage was up for renewal in May lost coverage when their eligibility was reviewed for the first time since early 2020 — a result that was in line with what happened before the pandemic.The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing reported Wednesday that 56% of people whose eligibility was examined in the first month were able to stay covered by Medicaid, while 42% lost coverage and the rest were still in the process.The numbers were nearly identical to the 57% and 41% averages from 2018 and 2019, when the state last did regular Medicaid removals, said Kim Bimestefer, the department’s executive director.For much of the pandemic, states couldn’t remove most people from Medicaid because of the federal public health emergency. Congress decoupled those two provisions late last year, and states started reassessing eligibility in April. The redeterminations will happen on a rolling basis, with...