Business

Cooking Up Poverty

In 2022, Assembly Bill 257 was signed into law, which would establish a council of state health and labor officials,…

2 years ago

Councilmembers Address Wage Theft, Other Conditions for In-Flight Catering Workers at LAX

Per the city’s Living Wage Ordinance, workers are supposed to earn $18.04 an hour, the minimum wage (including health benefits)…

2 years ago

EU Big Tech Platforms Face Tough Regulatory Scrutiny

The law represents the most significant overhaul in the EU's approach to online content in more than a generation, rewiring…

2 years ago

Powell’s Bag of Leeches

Hiking interest, the Medieval cure for inflation Saw the leeches? When the Federal Reserve announced another interest rate hike today,…

2 years ago

Fast Food Workers Make up 11% of All Homeless Workers in California and Six Percent of Total Homeless Population

The fast food labor force provides a daily flow of new entrants into homelessness.

2 years ago

Tax Us More! Patriotic Millionaires Say

In February, Data For Progress polled the public on 19 spending priorities. Contrary to House Republicans, a majority of Americans…

2 years ago

TRY, TRY AGAIN U.S. Senators Plan to Introduce Bill to Legalize Marijuana Banking

In the first-ever training event of its kind in the nation, 18 volunteers took hits of pot and downed alcoholic…

2 years ago

Mayor Karen Bass Releases Her First Proposed City Budget

  LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass released her first proposed city budget April 18, which includes nearly $1.3 billion,…

2 years ago

Newsom Admin. Requests Federal Fishery Disaster Ahead of Salmon Season Closure

This action follows projections that indicate California’s Chinook salmon abundance is at historic lows.

3 years ago

Sunshine and Blues Skies in Carson Mayor’s State of the City

City of Carson Mayor Lula Davis Holmes delivered the State of the Union at the Carson Chamber of Carson filled…

3 years ago