LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—More than two-thirds of Arkansas voters last November approved a law that will raise the state’s minimum wage from $8.50 an hour to $11—but now, a state legislator
WASHINGTON—About 25 workers for federal contractors put out of work by the government shutdown besieged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office Jan. 16, brandishing stacks of their unpaid bills. “Mr.
Albany, NY – In order to provide additional protections for journalists on the job, Governor Cuomo has proposed legislation to increase the penalties for assaulting a reporter to a felony.
New York, NY – It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the 31st day of the government shutdown that has robbed 800,000 working Americans of their jobs — how easy
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Jan. 15 that the state will pay about 20,000 workers raises that had been frozen for four years by his predecessor. The decision will give
NEW YORK, N.Y.—A federal court in Manhattan can’t hear a union lawsuit challenging the legality of the Trump administration’s partial government shutdown—because the Justice Department lawyers representing the administration have
NEW YORK, NY – New York City has financed 34,160 affordable homes last year. This includes a record for both new construction, with 10,099 new homes financed, as well as for
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles teachers union and school district have agreed to return to the bargaining table, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office announced Jan. 16. United Teachers Los Angeles President
New York, NY – “Homeless shelters are bursting at the seams, families are forced into the streets and farscott too many people struggle with how to pay rent and buy
WASHINGTON—Congressional Democrats introduced a bill Jan. 16 that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2024. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Raise the Wage Act’s lead
