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Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Repayment Pause
06/08/2021 Comments Off on Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Repayment Pause
The Education Department said that it would be the “final extension” of the moratorium.
Continue reading …Novavax Says U.S. Will Pause Funding for Production of Its Vaccine
05/08/2021 Comments Off on Novavax Says U.S. Will Pause Funding for Production of Its VaccineThe Maryland company, which has a $1.75 billion federal contract to develop and produce a coronavirus vaccine, said it needed to address the concerns of federal regulators.
Continue reading …As Infrastructure Bill Inches Forth, a Rocky, Slow Path Awaits in the House
04/08/2021 Comments Off on As Infrastructure Bill Inches Forth, a Rocky, Slow Path Awaits in the HouseProgressives have not ruled out reopening the deal that senators are painstakingly putting together, and they do not intend to take it up for months, until after their other priorities are addressed.
Continue reading …Administration Seeks to Blunt Effects From End of Eviction Moratorium
04/08/2021 Comments Off on Administration Seeks to Blunt Effects From End of Eviction MoratoriumAfter the expiration of the moratorium over the weekend, the White House called on state and local governments to protect renters and sought to speed the flow of federal aid.
Continue reading …Big Economic Challenges Await Biden and the Fed This Fall
03/08/2021 Comments Off on Big Economic Challenges Await Biden and the Fed This FallExpiring unemployment benefits and the Delta variant add uncertainty to a recovery that has brought strong growth but an unusual labor market.
Continue reading …Eviction Moratorium Set to Lapse as Biden Aid Effort Falters
31/07/2021 Comments Off on Eviction Moratorium Set to Lapse as Biden Aid Effort FaltersThe administration made a last-ditch, failed appeal to Congress to extend the moratorium to buy more time to fix a dysfunctional rental aid program.
Continue reading …Covid Aid Programs Spur Record Drop in Poverty
28/07/2021 Comments Off on Covid Aid Programs Spur Record Drop in PovertyThe most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor — and helps frame a larger debate over the role of government.
Continue reading …A Look at What’s in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
28/07/2021 Comments Off on A Look at What’s in the Bipartisan Infrastructure DealThe White House and bipartisan lawmakers have agreed on a package that would provide funding for roads, bridges and other physical infrastructure.
Continue reading …The chairman of a House coronavirus subcommittee vows to investigate eviction practices by corporate landlords.
27/07/2021 Comments Off on The chairman of a House coronavirus subcommittee vows to investigate eviction practices by corporate landlords.A federal eviction moratorium is set to expire this month. Housing advocates estimate that roughly 11 million adult renters are vulnerable to being evicted.
Continue reading …Senators and Biden Aides Struggle to Save Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
21/07/2021 Comments Off on Senators and Biden Aides Struggle to Save Bipartisan Infrastructure DealA looming deadline and a last-minute need for a new revenue source are complicating a deal that was announced nearly a month ago.
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill