California’s massive budget deficit, coupled with the state’s relatively high level of joblessness, has become a major barrier to reducing the billions of dollars of debt it has incurred to pay unemployment benefits. The surge in unemployment brought on by the COVID pandemic pushed the state’s unemployment insurance trust into insolvency. And over the last year California’s joblessness has been on the upswing again, reaching 5.3% in February, the highest among all states. The March job numbers...
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The changes aim to bolster pay for providers — many of them low-income immigrants — and require higher minimum staffing levels.
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) - A mother in Elmira is speaking out after police say she was attacked, tortured and kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend. She says it all happened in front of her 13-year-old son. Amber did not tell us her last name. She says she is sharing her story because she feels New York State []
Borrowing an old bromide, when the stock market sneezes, California’s state government catches pneumonia. It’s more than a common cold when the state coughs up billions of buckets in red ink. Wall Street recently has exhibited robust health, but Sacramento is still suffering from the market’s fall two years ago. This is what happens when the state becomes too dependent on rich people for tax revenue. The rich play the stock market and when it pays off, Sacramento reaps a hefty chunk. When the...
The federal government alleged that the former mayor is only making minimum monthly payments of $150 while Kilpatrick does not believe that he actually owes the money and would like a hearing
A bill to ban the use of confidentiality agreements when negotiating potential laws in California has failed to pass
(The Center Square) - California’s unemployment insurance fund is “structurally insolvent” due to $55 billion in fraud and overpayment during COVID-19 crisis, leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down. While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor, who was California’s Secretary of Labor during the COVID-19 era and oversaw the state’s fraudulent payments —...
A judge says a plan by federal agencies to rebuild the sardine population in the Pacific was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing
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Frontline workers in California have earned millions since 2019. Watchdogs have slammed local government for spending billions. One fire captain earned $169,764 in 2022, but racked up $502,681 in overtime. READ MORE:
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