Soaring Energy Prices Raise Concerns About U.S. Inflation, Economy
By Josh Mitchell The U.S. economy is facing a new threat: rising energy prices. Crude oil has risen 64% this year to a seven-year high. Natural-gas prices have roughly doubled…
An EMT labor shortage might mean you have to wait longer after calling 911, report says
By insider@insider.com (Juliana Kaplan) Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, are the latest group to contend with an increasingly worsening labor shortage – and civilians who need medical assistance could feel…
The American Divide
By Don Wood We see more and more division in America everyday. Socially, between men and women, between races, in our politics even in our religion and schools.What has happened…
Musk Moves Tesla Headquarters from California to Texas
By Tom Ozimek Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said Thursday the company will be moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, a decision coming in context of…
‘Really Troubling’: Public Defender on Being Fired for Speaking Out Against Critical Race Theory
By Zachary Stieber and Jan Jekielek A public defender who was fired for speaking out against critical race theory says what happened was troubling and that she expects to win…
83,000 hospital workers could be fired under N.Y. vaccine mandate
CBS News New York’s state mandate ordering health care workers to get the COVID vaccine went into effect Monday at midnight. Some hospital networks including Northwell Health have already fired…
Democrats slip pro-union provisions into massive spending package
Zachary Halaschak Labor unions could be big winners if Democrats’ proposed multitrillion-dollar infrastructure and social spending package goes through. While the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act,…
More Than 7 Million Americans Poised to Lose Unemployment Benefits
By Peter Malbin More than 7 million Americans are in jeopardy of losing their unemployment aid immediately after Labor Day. Gig workers and other unemployed Americans who qualified for pandemic…
Pelosi Faces Revolt From Moderates That Risks Budget Vote Plan
Emily Wilkins and Billy House Nine moderate House Democrats are threatening to withhold support from a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint until a bipartisan infrastructure package is signed into law, threatening…
Abbott rips White House, says Texas can help with oil production if Biden admin will ‘stay out of the way’
By Houston Keene Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, ripped the White House on Wednesday, saying Texas can help reduce the price of gasoline by producing more oil if the…
Labor secretary says ending boosted unemployment benefits had nothing to do with ‘great’ jobs report
By Talia Kaplan U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh argued on Friday, after the July jobs report revealed that U.S. employers hired more workers than expected last month, that “there is…
Florida Becomes 23rd State To End $300 Unemployment Benefit Boost To Ease Business Hiring Woes
BY TOM OZIMEK Florida officials on Monday announced an end to the $300 weekly federal pandemic unemployment compensation top-up, making the Sunshine State the 23rd to opt out of the…