Many state lawmakers took encouraging steps in 2023 and 2024 to strengthen their child labor standards—in response to high-profile reporting of widespread child labor violations across the U.S. and si...

With the largely temporary revenue Councilmembers were able to raise, they at least partially addressed cuts to several programs that help residents afford their basic needs. But even with these meani...

Over the last five years, workers have won unions in several high-profile campaigns, including Amazon workers in Staten Island and Starbucks workers in Buffalo. These examples are a testament to worke...

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Ohio schools depend on the real property tax. That's one reason a property tax repeal is a bad idea, especially with no proposed replacement.

The rebates could cost the counties up to $700,000 in property tax proceeds, but a county commissioner called it an easy decision.

Understand affordability with EPI’s Family Budget Calculator. It shows the income a family needs to afford basic expenses in every U.S. country and metropolitan area. Budgets estimate community-specif...

Councilors approved a controversial ordinance requiring local law enforcement officers to display visible identification and barring mask use.

UAW 4811 has added 12,000 new union members in Student Services and Advising Professionals and Research and Public Service Professionals, 1,700 of which are at UC Berkeley. The new members

A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...

More than 100,000 customers were charged a fee despite cancelling their subscription before the specified cut-off time, watchdog alleges More than 100,000 customers of a popular meal-kit delivery provider were allegedly misled and caught in so-called “subscription traps”. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken HelloFresh and Youfoodz, both owned by the German-based parent company HelloFresh SE, to the federal court in separate proceedings. Continue reading...