Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike. Under Senate Bill 1116, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and State Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), California workers would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after being on strike for 14 days. "No one goes on strike because they want to go on strike," Portantino said at a news conference...
Doling out relief payments largely caused inflation to soar.
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...
Thirty alleged members of the Arizona Mexican Mafia were indicted on Friday for their role in an alleged conspiracy to steal pandemic unemployment money. The Arizona Attorney General's office confirmed Friday that a state grand jury "returned a 50-count indictment against members and associates of the Arizona Mexican Mafia," with a total of 30 individual defendants.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that those who are unemployed and fail to find work within a year will lose their benefits. In what can be described as the most significant overhaul of the welfare system in a generation, Sunak stated his intention to ensure that individuals do not view living on benefits as a "lifestyle choice."The PM laid a new "moral mission" to get Britons back into the workforce. In a report, he also emphasised that a concerning number of young people grappling...
ConsumerAffairs sheds light on the rise of government benefit theft in the U.S. in 2023 and provides advice on how to protect yourself from this crime.
Republicans are "really cutting into" the Democrats' voter registration numbers in key swing states, RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump said.
Governor Glenn Youngkin confirmed in comments made Wednesday that he dropped his request for tax cuts as an olive branch to Virginia's Democratic lawmakers, who the governor hopes will similarly drop their requests for tax hikes. Youngkin maintained that Virginia does not "need to raise taxes" and has "plenty of money in the system" during an interview with WTOP News. He told the outlet that Virginia lawmakers should "press forward with an agreement that we won't raise taxes, and I will stop...
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Police across the United States arrested dozens of "Free Palestine" protesters Monday as part of a "multi-city economic blockade" targeting major airports, highways, and bridges. Those defendants are set to receive free bail money and legal assistance thanks to an online fundraiser hosted by ActBlue, the Democratic Party's primary fundraising platform that earns a cut off of each contribution.
The sanctuary city's progressive Mayor Mike Johnston unveiled a budget proposal on Wednesday, allocating $89.9m to assist undocumented migrants. As a result of this reallocation, the police and fire department are some of the those expected to face budget cuts. The amount will be drawn from approximately $45 million that's used for public programs and services