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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which recently passed the House, contains $1400 stimulus checks. But some federal workers will have more than one check. They can get paid time off with up to 15 checks of $1400 each. Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund Neatly tucked within the $1.9 trillion emergency aid package is the $570 million Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund. This budget is exclusive for federal workers who need to stay home to tend to their kids. Thus, this will fund the paid time off for federal workers with children enrolled in schools yet to return to...

Just remember, O ye friends who's livelihoods are siphoned from the public trough (this applies to anyone on any kind of government assistance, and anyone who works for the government on any level, in any capacity. In both cases some of you are legit so do not take this as an insult). THINK! If you keep voting the private sector down, at some point the trough runs dry. You do not get paid (even if you are awesome and vital to our country/municipality) until someone out here actually does something people need or want, and has a large portion of...

MEMBERS OF local school boards, city councils, park districts, transit agencies and water and sewer districts need to decide whether they sought office to serve their communities or to drink at the public trough. These are supposed to be part-time positions, setting policy and overseeing the well-paid, professional managers of local government agencies. They are not supposed to be a primary means of support. That's why a token compensation, say a couple hundred dollars a month, might be appropriate to offset the actual expenses of a part-time elected official. But the widespread payments for health insurance and pension benefits, uncovered...

Former Assembly Speaker Karen Bass quietly promoted 20 members of her Democratic caucus staff and gave them 10 percent salary increases that took effect her final days as Assembly leader. Along with higher pay, staff members received different job titles, reflecting perhaps a change in duties, Assembly records show. The pay hikes come at a thorny time, however, with the state facing massive debt and most state employees seeing their pay cut through furloughs.

Oakland City Attorney John Russo boosted his $207,000 salary by $28,000 this year by giving himself management leave and vacation pay typically reserved for non-elected department heads and managers, city records show. Elected officials such as Russo are usually paid a flat rate on the premise that as long as the voters are happy, the officials can work whatever schedule they please. In each of the past three years, however, Russo has upped his gross pay nearly $12,000 by claiming three weeks' worth of management pay for leave days he didn't take, according to records obtained by The Chronicle under...

CBC chairman facing ridicule in Quebec Comments about bestiality and bowel movements cause uproar Graeme Hamilton National Post Tuesday, September 19, 2006 MONTREAL - CBC chairman Guy Fournier has become the target of anger and derision in his home province after falsely claiming that Lebanon permits bestiality and for granting a lengthy interview on the joys of bowel movements. CREDIT: Pierre Obendrauf, CanWest News Service CBC chairman Guy Fournier recently told a French-language radiostation that bowel movements are better than sex. He also infuriatedLebanese Canadians when he claimed that Lebanon permits bestiality. On Sunday night, Mr. Fournier, appeared on...

ug. 4, 2003, 11:56PM Planned Parenthood's doors to remain open Injunction puts brakes on new funding By POLLY ROSS HUGHES Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau AUSTIN -- Planned Parenthood clinics serving 115,000 Texas women will remain open at least one more year after winning a reprieve Monday from a new state law aimed at stopping abortions. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks granted Planned Parenthood a temporary injunction halting state enforcement of a law that would deny funding to clinics that provide abortions paid for with private donations. That law was set to go into effect Sept. 1 but now...

<p>SACRAMENTO -Despite a budget crisis that pushed state legislators to cut aid to the poor and suspend tax breaks for teachers, lawmakers last year rewarded loyal aides with generous raises and six-figure salaries that have driven legislative spending to record levels.</p>