The Macon-Bibb County Commission approved a plan to implode a vacant 16-story hotel on New Year’s Eve as a way to welcome 2025. The city purchased the hotel for $4.5 million last year and will spend up to $2.6 million to hire a demolition firm for the implosion. The hotel, which opened in 1970 and had notable guests like Elvis, was never financially successful and was seized in 1991 due to its involvement in a fraud and money-laundering scheme.
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Santé Québec U-turn: Dual-job workers clocking extra hours get one-year lifeline
The new Santé Québec health authority will allow workers with dual jobs in multiple hospitals an extra year to adjust to new rules limiting hours to 40 per week. This decision was made after concerns were raised about the impact of the restructuring on these workers, who will now have until the end of November to choose a single job. The province's hospitals and clinics will be brought under a single employer on December 1,...
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