Entry-level workers across much of the country will see bigger paychecks in 2022 as 25 states and the District of Columbia phase in higher minimum wage laws throughout the year. Most of those 26 ...

News In Menlo Park, the new year brings with it a new increase in the minimum wage. As of Jan. 1, it's $15.75 per hour, up 50 cents from last year. The increase is derived from from the maximum ...

Some Democratic California lawmakers want to make it easier for people to sue gun companies for liability in shootings that cause injuries or deaths, a move advocates said Tuesday is aimed at get...

Case ripe for Supreme Court petition Backers seek recognition of ERA as ratified A federal appeals court in Boston won’t rehear the appeal of Equal Rights Amendment supporters arguing the propo...

Federal workplace safety regulators unlawfully withdrew requirements for health-care employers to protect workers from Covid-19 infections, a coalition of unions alleged in a federal lawsuit file...

Four years since the inception of the State Capture Commission of Inquiry, Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo handed over the first part of the report to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday. A...

On December 21, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) posted a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) relating to an enforcement action against Easterday Ranches in Washington. Earlier in ...

A pharmacist failed to show that Lenexa, Kan.-based Pharmacy Alternatives LLC violated the False Claims Act by firing her for calling attention to the company’s alleged practice of using unlicens...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is encouraging programmers, data scientists and others with knowledge of the algorithms and technologies used by companies to alert the agency of p...

The COVID-19 pandemic continued to slow the pace of governing California in 2021 as it did the year before, with the second fewest number of bills approved by the Legislature of any year since 19...