Between 2018 and 2020, transaction volume on wage-access apps tripled from $3.2 billion to $9.5 billion, according to Datos Insights.
ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department is issuing a fine against the City of Roswell after a city utility worker died from an injury. The incident happened in October 2023. City workers were repairing a leaking water main in a trench when the walls of the trench caved in and trapped the worker, the []
The law, which passed with broad bipartisan support, requires most employers to provide "reasonable accommodations" around workers' pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Police in Pinal County went to a rural area for a welfare check at a home. They discovered Christina Lopez, 43, dead on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood. The blood and other evidence tied the killing to Lopez's 49-year-old husband
In 2020, a dangerous pathogen swept the globe. The pandemic required government action, we were told, but the government of one nation was not enough. Even powerful governments (like that of the United States) worked with other governments to keep pandemic measures from being futile. In order to avoid a fatal lack of coordination, some
Remote workers about to get rude awakening (Second column, 15th story, link)
DHEA is a supplement available at nutrition stores and online. There may be considerable benefits to supplementing your diet with DHEA at night.
It’s not your imagination—spring allergy season really is getting worse every year. (Thanks, climate change.) Pollen seasons now start 20 days earlier and last 10 days longer than they did in 1990, according to research, and pollen counts are up as well. If you’ve been thinking of each spring’s season as something to just white-knuckle your way through, it may be time to take a different approach.
What COVID-19 was to the 2020 election, this will be for 2024. And no, it’s not a
The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban employment agreements that typically prevent workers from leaving their companies for competitors, or starting competing businesses of their own.
Restaurants and other service sector businesses often give workers their schedules with little notice, but that's changing in some places.
It’s the perfect time to get back into the garden and start getting ready for the summer months ahead. As the soil starts to warm up all sorts of wildlife-friendly plants can be added to the garden to encourage pollinator insects – especially bees. With 25 species of bumblebees and more than 250 species of solitary bees, many can be tempted into your garden if you choose plants carefully. Some of the best include herbs such as rosemary, borage and thyme; annuals like wallflowers, nigella and...