A group of lawmakers led by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday unveiled a roadmap for Congress to forge new policies for regulating artificial intelligence, previewing requests for billions more dollars of federal spending on tech research. The new push from Mr. Schumer’s bipartisan working group is intended to guide Senate committees’ shaping […]
The Subway chain is shrinking in a trend that could grow now that California’s sky-high minimum wage for fast food workers is in effect. Subway closed 733 American stores in 2023, according to the New York Post. Although it added 396 stores and acquired some others, overall the chain’s store count dropped by 443. Overall, […]
Travelers to the Turks and Caicos Islands are finding that very small things in their luggage can result in very long prison sentences. Tyler Wenrich, 30, of Virginia, was arrested April 20 after authorities said they found two bullets in his backpack as he was getting ready to leave, according to CBS. All guns and […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health. The ordinance not only sets a floor price. It prevents smokers and retailers from getting around it by […]
In response to recent minimum wage increases in California, fast food restaurants across the state are shifting to automation to get rid of wage-earning humans. The move to making customers place orders at digital kiosks alleviates what owners say is the financial strain of rising labor costs after the minimum wage for the state’s fast […]
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older and disabled Americans. Vice President Kamala Harris announced the final rules on Monday before a trip to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where she will talk to nursing […]
The federal government will for the first time require nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older and disabled Americans. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce the final rules Monday on a trip to La Crosse, Wisconsin, a battleground state where […]
On April 1, the new California $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect. In signing the bill, California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected the view that such a wage hike — 25% above the state’s current minimum wage — hurts teenagers who disproportionately benefit from fast-food jobs and for whom […]
Greetings West Coast, Messed Coast™ readers! This week, your humble correspondent has witnessed another tranche of elitist Democrats ruin the lives of thousands of people and pretend everything’s fine. In California, Democrats forced a 25% pay increase for fast food workers and workers learned the hard way about being […]
A California restaurant closed its doors permanently Monday morning just as the state’s new minimum wage law targeting fast food restaurant owners went into effect, putting everyone who worked there out of a job. Employees at a Fosters Freeze franchise in the city of Lemoore showed up to work on Monday only to find that […]
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