Time is Ticking on the 119th Congress. Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives returned to Washington, D.C., after being out last week. Believe it or not, with the mid-term elections, scheduled breaks, and holidays, there are not many days left in the 119th Congress in which the Senate and House will both be present in Washington, D.C. For example, there are only twenty-four such days until the August Recess, thirty-five such days until current government funding expires, and thirty-six such days until the midterm elections. Following the elections, there will be a lame-duck legislative session lasting approximately four weeks. Congress has a lot to do and little time to do it. And because all bills expire at the end of this current Congress (on January 3, 2027), these next few months could be a period of significant legislative activity, though most employment-related bills are still unlikely to be enacted, mostly due to the legislative filibuster in the Senate.
DOL Officially Reinstates 2019 Overtime Regulations. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) performed some regulatory housekeeping this week as a result of its recent decision to drop its defense of the 2024 Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations. On May 15, 2026, the DOL published a final rule in the Federal Register that scrubs the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to remove the Biden-era regulation promulgated in 2024 and to reinstate the 2019 regulations issued during the first Trump...
The Animal Rescue League of Iowa warns pet owners about scammers posing as representatives and demanding money to reclaim lost pets DES MOINES, Iowa — The Animal Rescue League of Iowa has issued a ...