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Arts Alerts: Screens — what’s worth streaming

Local documentary ‘Over A Barrel’ — about Peoria’s ‘Whiskey boom’ — on YouTube; ‘East of Eden’ on Netflix now; loose Zuckerberg flick ‘Social Reckoning,’ is in theaters. Marvel’s android Avenger stars in ‘VisionQuest’ on Disney+. ‘Once Upon A Time in Harlem’ on Apple+. ‘Musk,’ trillionaire tell-all on HBO Max.

Labor roundup: State AFL-CIO brings back candidate endorsements

In addition to endorsing incumbent Democrats in Congress such as Eric Sorensen and Nikki Budzinski, the Illinois AFL-CIO endorsed Paul Nolley, who’s working to unseat Congressman Darin LaHood; voting rights are civil rights; cannabis workers unite

Labor notes: Nurses continue to organize

‘Health-care unions drove 29.4% of all strikes and 12 out of the 31 major strikes … Thanks to their leverage … many nurses won impressive improvements to patient care through safe staffing as well as workplace safety measures, income increases, and other gains.’ Rivian cuts jobs, arbitor rules against WIU

The Watch: Peoria Public Schools taken to task for lack of tranparency, violating Open Meetings Act

Meeting agenda had not been made available as required; proposed budget had not been legally published with the required 30-day notice; $31,400 expenditure for the ELITE Summer Program begain June 8, but was not included on any previous agenda, yet had already commenced.