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WASHINGTON D.C. - The largest North American producer of french fries is shutting down its plant in Washington and laying off hundreds of employees, company officials announced in a recent earnings report.
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. president and CEO Tom Werner cited “soft” restaurant traffic and frozen potato demand in an October 1 press release detailing the business’s failures in the first quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
According to Werner, “key actions” to restructure the business include closing its “older, higher-cost” facility in Connell, Washington, which would reduce its total workforce by approximately four percent.
That means 375 workers will be out of a job, Fox Business reported.
“We delivered first quarter financial results that were generally in line with our expectations, driven by sequentially improved volume performance, solid price/mix, and strict management of operating costs,” Werner said. “However, restaurant traffic and frozen potato demand, relative to supply, continue to be soft, and we believe it will remain soft through the remainder of fiscal 2025.” Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich - Michigan lawmakers are expected to pass bills this week that would take money from people who care for their disabled loved ones and turn it over to the Service Employees International Union. But home health care providers will have ways to defend their constitutional rights, thanks to a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Even if Michigan enacts two dues skim bills currently in the state House, caregivers who do not wish to pay the union will have the right not to do so, Patrick Wright, vice president of legal affairs at Mackinac Center for Public Policy, told Michigan Capitol Confidential.
Senate Bill 790, introduced by Sen. Kevin Hertel, D-St. Clair Shores, and Senate Bill 791, introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana, D-Detroit, would resurrect an SEIU scheme to take union dues from home health providers’ paychecks. The two bills passed the Senate in June and are expected to get a House vote this week. Click here to read more.
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Saline, Michigan – School officials at the Saline School District are attributing a recent drop in student test scores to changes in the testing algorithm, sparking criticism from parents and education experts who question whether the blame is being placed in the right direction.
During the latest school board meeting, district administrators explained that the dip in scores was largely the result of adjustments made to the algorithm used to evaluate state standardized tests. They argued that these changes had skewed the results, making it appear as though students were performing worse than they actually were.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A University of Kansas professor is on administrative leave after a viral clip circulating social media Wednesday showed him calling for men who refuse to vote for a female presidential candidate to be shot.
The professor in the clip appears to be addressing a lecture hall full of students. He bluntly tells the students that men who underestimate a woman’s ability to lead the country should be shot, arguing "they clearly don't understand the way the world works."
“It’s what frustrates me, there are going to be some males in our society that will refuse to vote for a potential female president because they don’t think females are smart enough to be president,” he says. “We can line all those guys up and shoot them.”
The professor then adds, “Scratch that from the recording, I don’t want the dean hearing that I said that.” Click here to read more.
The FBI arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State terrorist organization and was plotting an election day attack targeting large crowds in the US, the justice department said.
Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City told investigators after his arrest on Monday that he had planned his attack to coincide with election day next month and that he and a co-conspirator expected to die as martyrs, according to charging documents.
Tawhedi, who arrived in the US in September 2021, had taken steps in recent weeks to advance his attack plans, including by ordering AK-47 rifles, liquidating his family’s assets and buying one-way tickets for his wife and child to travel home to Afghanistan, officials said.
The arrest comes as the FBI confronts heightened concerns over the possibility of extremist violence on US soil, with its director, Christopher Wray, telling the Associated Press in August that he was “hard pressed to think of a time in my career where so many different kinds of threats are all elevated at once”. Click here to read more.
