Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts will now earn a minimum of $32.50 an hour plus a range of benefits under a settlement announced Thursday. The rideshare companies will also be required to pay a combined $175 million to the state of Massachusetts to resolve allegations that they violated Massachusetts wage and hour laws, most […]
The Texas Supreme Court declined to change a state law banning transgender healthcare for youths on Friday, blocking a legal challenge in an 8-1 ruling. The decision goes against some families’ pleas that the law violates their right to medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to […]
President Joe Biden blamed his age for a debate performance on Thursday that sparked a Democratic panic he is not fit to lead the ticket against former President Donald Trump. At a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday, his first public event following the debate, Biden told the audience, “I don’t debate as […]
President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has Democrats scrambling for a plan B on Friday, but one of the top contenders, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, keeps saying he’s not interested. Newsom insisted he will not be the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, telling a scrum of news reporters following the debate, “Our nominee is Joe Biden. I’m looking forward to […]
Congressional Democrats acknowledged that President Joe Biden did poorly in his first presidential debate with former President Donald Trump on Thursday but stopped short of saying he should be replaced as the nominee — at least for now. Democratic lawmakers were quick to come to Biden’s defense in the aftermath of the debate, contrasting his […]
The rates of homelessness among seniors in New York City have never been higher, according to a new report. In 2023, an average of 1,857 single adults over the age of 65 stayed in the Department of Health and Human Services each night, the nonprofit group LiveOn NY found. Between 2014 and 2022, the number […]
The Iowa Supreme Court overruled a lower court and allowed the state’s six-week abortion ban to go into effect. A lower state court blocked the law, which blocked abortions after six weeks with exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother, or fetal abnormalities “incompatible with life,” shortly after it was signed into law in […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin voters believe former President Donald Trump would handle four out of the seven major issues facing the country better than President Joe Biden, a new poll shows. The Marquette Law School poll released this week asked registered voters whether they had confidence in Biden, Trump, both about the same or […]
(The Center Square) – The Texas governor and lieutenant governor blasted President Joe Biden’s job performance and his performance in the first presidential debate Thursday night, saying President Donald Trump won the debate and would win the election in November. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement through his campaign, saying, “President Trump proved once again […]
President Joe Biden’s presidential debate performance, which many said was disastrous due to his mental errors and inability to dispel age-related concerns, immediately had Democrats speculating on whether he should be replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee. While Biden has enough delegates to be named the Democratic nominee at the Democratic National Convention, the Democrats […]
