Hotel owners and workers in New York City have reached a new eight‑year agreement that covers around 25, 000 staff members. The deal was struck just before the FIFA World Cup, which could bring a huge wave of visitors to the city. Negotiations had been tense because workers were demanding higher wag
The plan to raise Los Angeles’ minimum wage to $30 for hotel and airport employees just hit a major speed bump. City leaders agreed to delay the increase after business groups threatened to scrap a key city tax if the wage hike went through too soon. The original timeline would have brought workers
Colorado is about to let voters weigh in on a big change to how much money the state can spend on schools. Right now, strict tax rules called TABOR set a hard limit on state revenue, making it tough to fund public education as costs rise. A new proposal would let the state keep a little extra cash—e
The head of a top hedge fund says machines can finish tasks that once took weeks in just days. The work involves deep financial analysis, normally done by people with master’s degrees or PhDs. Now the fund uses AI programs that learn and decide on their own. This change is not about simple
The race for California’s 12th Assembly seat is heating up. A new ad shows a woman named Jackie Elward, who has served twice on the Rohnert Park City Council. She is running as a Democrat for state office, and she has strong backing from workers’ unions. The spot is only 30 seconds long. I
Scientists are taking a closer look at two types of chemicals we encounter daily and how they could be influencing teenagers' bodies in unexpected ways. PFAS and phthalates are found in everything from non-stick pans to plastic toys and personal care products. These substances are so common that nea
Every person’s body runs a unique chemical dance influenced by genes, habits, and surroundings. A new approach called MetaboVariation 2. 0 acts like a high-tech motion sensor for this dance, spotting irregular moves at a glance. Unlike basic tools that check single chemicals one by one, this advance
Many thought AI would replace call center workers in countries like the Philippines and India. Instead, the opposite happened. Call center jobs in the Philippines nearly doubled from 2016 to 2025, growing to 2 million workers. Unemployment there dropped from 9% to about 4% during the same period. In
The first morning of a new LIRR strike saw the entire network grind to a halt. Workers from several unions walked off the job early Saturday, shutting down all stations across Long Island for the first time since 1994. The move left more than 200, 000 daily riders without their usual train rides and
The Supreme Court recently put a hold on a decision by the Fifth Circuit, an appeals court that covers Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. That court had briefly stopped doctors from sending the abortion pill mifepristone by mail and through telemedicine. The Supreme Court’s move shows it can check a
