Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday floated extending negotiations over pending court-ordered changes to Michigan’s minimum wage and paid sick leave policies slated to take effect Feb. 21, saying she wants a bipartisan deal as lawmakers continue to debate the policies. Whitmer’s plan comes as Michigan lawmakers continue to debate legislation to preempt a Michigan Supreme Court […]
NEW YORK — It’s about 26 hours before Kentucky is scheduled to play Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic on Saturday here inside Madison Square Garden, and I’m sitting at a table on the second floor of a luxury hotel overlooking Central Park, talking to UK coach Mark Pope while a light snow dusts […]
After a five-year legal battle over claims of dodging minimum wage requirements, Disney will pay $233 million to settle a class action representing more than 50,000 underpaid Disneyland workers. In a statement, Randy Renick, a lawyer representing the employees, said, “This settlement will put significant awards in the hands of those workers and positively impact […]
Joe Sanberg, the entrepreneur and anti-poverty advocate who spearheaded a recently defeated state ballot measure to raise California’s minimum wage, said he felt “frustrated and disappointed” by the loss, but vowed to continue advocating for struggling Californians. Proposition 32, which would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $16 to $18 per hour by 2026, […]
There is no sugarcoating it: Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday is a major setback for many antipoverty policies. With a Republican majority in the Senate (and likely in the House as well), there’s little doubt that spending cuts will be up for debate, and tried-and-failed ideas like imposing work requirements on welfare recipients will be […]
