Unions counter that remote work options improve efficiency for many jobs and are help state government recruit new employees — a task that became harder after union concession deals in 2009, 2011 and 2017 weakened fringe benefits.
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Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
Those attacks also caused brief but noticeable spikes in crude prices because of the higher risk premiums.
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Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
Furthermore, the global energy supply chain is rapidly degrading into a toll booth regime at the Strait of Hormuz, transforming historically open transit routes into hostile zones where safe passage demands political concessions or massive risk premiums.
Kiarostami was one of Iran’s most renowned filmmakers, winner of numerous international prizes including the Palme D’or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for Taste of Cherry.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
24 Mar. 2026
Nationwide, 241,018 Powerball tickets won prizes Monday.
When China began to dominate that metric, some of its universities were paying cash rewards to scholars for each publication, and a lot of Chinese research papers were shoddy make-work.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
Just as Lendeborg finally saw the rewards for all of the effort his mother poured into him, Raposo was diagnosed with cancer.
Two of Wednesday’s three major money Florida Lottery draw games — Florida Lotto, Powerball, Fantasy 5 — brought financial windfalls to three players around the state.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
Our pants had been ripped from brush and windfalls, and wads of insulation were hanging out of mine.
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