After years of organizing, workers at the Natural Grocers Norman location voted 11-9 to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1000 on Thursday.
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The State Department of Education and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond are separately suing the Biden Administration for changes to Title IX.
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Another year, another glitter-filled spectacle known as the Eurovision Song Contest. The Grand Final airs Saturday at 3:00 p.m. ET on Peacock in the United States.
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