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Food sanitation company fined $1.5 million for illegal child labor
Investigators said children, ranging from 13 to 17 years-old, spent overnight shifts cleaning equipment such as head splitters, back saws and brisket saws.
Rural hospitals gird for unwinding of pandemic Medicaid coverage
The loss of revenue as millions of people are expected to lose their Medicaid eligibility in the coming months is expected to hurt struggling rural hospitals.
Proposed federal rule would lower credit card late fees
The new rule would limit credit card late fees to $8. Currently credit card companies can charge as high as $41.
States criticized for spending federal relief funds on tax cuts, prisons
Civil rights groups and think tanks have pointed out that some COVID relief money has gone to build prisons, offset tax cuts, and fund initiatives completely counter to improving public health.
States limiting business with banks that ‘boycott’ fossil fuels could pay high cost, study says
A law restricting business with banks that have policies against fossil fuels and firearms took effect in Texas in 2021.
Here’s what you need to know about new workplace protections for pregnant, nursing workers
Proponents say two amendments to a new federal spending bill clarify rights for pregnant and nursing workers.
Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage
Anti-poverty advocates say there’s an urgent need for lawmakers to increase the federal minimum wage and do more to help struggling families.
Voters embraced affordable housing initiatives. Advocates say Congress should do the same.
Higher building costs, a shrinking supply of low-cost rental units and more people opting to rent are driving the increase in higher-priced rentals and corresponding decline in low-cost units, one expert says.
Here’s when drug prices will start to decrease for Medicare recipients
Medicare recipients who take insulin will be the first to benefit from the drug pricing provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Millions of workers are dealing with long COVID. Advocates call for expanding social safety net
The unemployment of so many Americans with long COVID, a lack of a social safety net for many of them, and a labor market turning in favor of employers could collide to create wider economic problems.
GOP leaders target ‘woke’ investments through state pension funds
GOP officials argue financial institutions are putting ideology ahead of making money