SEATTLE - The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed legislation that would guarantee a minimum wage for app-based delivery drivers and gig workers, making it the first city in the nation to...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGEM) - Illinois nursing homes will undergo long-awaited rate reform this year. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday tying funding for nursing homes to staffing le...

Earlier this month, Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced the “Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act” (“Act”). This proposed legislation seeks to amend the Federal Labor Stan...

State Police have charged a Town of Greece man, accusing him of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl. Troopers say that 51-year-old Sean Glenney is an employee of the Greece School Distr...

A state Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would provide whistleblower protections for police officers in Louisiana who report the malfeasance of other officers. House Bill 745, s...

OVERVIEW While the United States awaits the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, which may overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the federal standard for abortion access, some states are cons...

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