Countdown to Elections. The presidential debate this week between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump kicked off the sprint to the 2024 elections, which will be held fifty-three days from now. Ahead of the debate, and in advance of the election, Harris debuted her policy positions on her campaign website this week. Like most campaign materials, the information is light on details. But with regard to labor and employment, Harris states that she will “fight for unions” and “sign landmark pro-union legislation, including the [Protecting the Right to Organize] PRO Act.” She also states that she will “raise the minimum wage, end sub-minimum wages for tipped workers and people with disabilities, establish paid family and medical leave, and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.” As for immigration, Harris notes “our immigration system is broken and needs comprehensive reform that includes strong border security and an earned pathway to citizenship.”
Congress Returns. Lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C., this week after their annual August recess (arriving for the first time is Democratic Senator George Helmy from New Jersey, who was appointed to replace Senator Bob Menendez, who resigned amidst a bribery scandal). Up first on the to-do list is federal government funding, which expires in eighteen days. This week Republican leaders in the House kicked off the funding debate by backing a continuing resolution (CR) that would...
Hyderabad: BRS leader Aedla Sudhakar Reddy strongly criticised the statements of HYDRAA commissioner A.V. Ranganath regarding the status of Bathukammakunta. The official had claimed that the place...