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Concerns after second largest apple grower and exporter Kiwi Crunch enters voluntary administration

Major apple grower and exporter Kiwi Crunch Hawke’s Bay has entered voluntary administration, alongside several other associated companies. According to its website it managed 450 hectares of fruit-growing land across multiple orchards in Hawke’s Bay and Central Otago. Wade Steven Glass was the director of Kiwi Crunch Hawke’s Bay, along with Kiwi Crunch Exports Ltd,…

Judge sides with AFSCME workers to protect Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

AFSCME members will continue to be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program after a federal judge blocked the administration’s effort to unfairly disqualify certain government and nonprofit employers from the popular program.   The court’s June 30 ruling — in a lawsuit brought by AFSCME and others — ordered the U.S. Department of Education to abandon a rule change. That change would have allowed the administration to exclude organizations for political reasons and denied their workers access to the student debt relief program that makes college more affordable and attracts skilled workers to public service careers.  …