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MOCA budtenders make about $20 an hour, which is above the national average of $15 an hour, according to a 2020 salary guide published by Vangst, a Denver-based cannabis recruiting website. Among the concerns for MOCA employees is that they are no longer able to receive tips and their discount for buying cannabis products has been reduced under Ascend, Glimco said.
Vacation destinations like Las Vegas, Hawaii and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, were among the top destinations for holiday revelers, according to AAA. Paula Twidale, a spokeswoman for the auto club and insurer, said the pickup in travel began in April as more Americans got vaccinated and the weather improved.
“It checks a lot of boxes for the city: expanding upon the Invest South/West program, focusing on the film industry and making Chicago a destination for creating content, and the mayor wanting to bring investment to the South Side of Chicago,” Dudley said. “For me and Jim, two Black men from the South Side of Chicago, we have the opportunity to come together to invest in our community and change the trajectory.”
CVS: Starting June 1, people who get vaccinated by the chain can enter its #OneStepCloser Sweepstakes. Thousands of prizes will be awarded through weekly drawings for six weeks. Prizes will include 50 gifts of $500 and five gifts of $5,000 for family reunions; 100 weeklong cruises for two on Norwegian Cruise Line; five trips for two to Bermuda; a trip for two to the Super Bowl; and 500 gift cards worth $100 each for couples to go on dates, among other rewards. People ages 18 and older who get vaccinated by CVS during the six-week-long sweepstakes, who register to get vaccinated at CVS, or who have already been vaccinated by CVS are eligible to enter.
“The best way to grow our economy is not from the top down, but from the bottom up and the middle out,” Biden said in his written budget message. “Our prosperity comes from the people who get up every day, work hard, raise their family, pay their taxes, serve their Nation, and volunteer in their communities.”
In the video, calves are stomped in the head, kicked, dragged by the tail and ears, hit in the face with plastic milk bottles, thrown out of the back of trucks and into pens, and generally brutalized. Five workers in the video were identified as participating in the alleged abuse. Four employees were fired and a truck driver who worked for a third-party vendor was banned from the farm. Criminal charges were filed against at least three of the workers.
This photo combo shows from left, Brian Niccol, CEO of Chipotle, Advance Auto Parts CEO Tom Greco and Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald. Pay packages rose yet again in 2020 for the leaders of the biggest U.S. companies, even though the pandemic sent the economy to its worst quarter on record and slashed corporate profits. (AP)
The Transportation Security Administration has been in a hiring surge so it can be ready for increased travel this weekend and over the summer as the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, Mayorkas told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday.
Spokes owner Basil Radi, right, points out the selection of bicycles available at his Naperville store Wednesday to customer Jorge Munoz. Like other shops, Spokes is struggling with low inventory due to high demand and a lack of supply, Radi said. (Rafael Guerrero / Naperville Sun)
Eddy Gordillo hands a patron a Big Star paloma from the to-go window at Big Star on May 26, 2021 in Chicago. Chicago and Illinois are both considering proposals to extend carryout cocktail laws, which were enacted in June 2020 with a one-year expiration to help bars and restaurants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)