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Satire website Babylon Bee sues California over censorship laws
Attorneys representing the Babylon Bee, a conservative satire website, said they filed a complaint on Monday against California over laws that Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed, which "censor online content, including political satire."
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys are representing The Babylon Bee and Kelly Chang Rickert, a California attorney, in the lawsuit.
The attorneys said the laws "interfere with The Babylon Bee’s and Rickert’s freedom of speech," which is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The lawyers argued that the laws use "vague standards to punish people for posting certain political content online, including political memes and parodies" of elected officials.
https://justthenews.com/government/state-houses/satire-website-babylon-bee-sues-california-over-censorship-laws
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GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant
Sept 21 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N), opens new tab will lay off 1,695 workers at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice earlier this week.
A GM spokesperson, confirming the layoffs initially reported by Automotive News, said the first of two rounds will begin on Nov. 18, affecting 686 full-time workers temporarily and terminating 250 temporary employees.
Under the second phase, to begin on Jan. 12 of next year, 759 full-time workers will be temporarily laid off, the spokesperson confirmed.
In May, GM said it would pause production of the Cadillac XT4 after January 2025 in Kansas, resulting in layoffs of production employees until manufacturing resumed in late 2025 for both the Bolt EV and XT4 on the same assembly line.
"As previously announced in May, GM is investing approximately $390 million in our Fairfax Assembly Plant to add production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV," the GM spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters on Saturday.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gm-begin-laying-off-about-1700-workers-kansas-plant-warn-notice-shows-2024-09-21/
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