Mississippi farms pay overdue wages for favoring immigrants over local Black workers, agency says
The U.S. Labor Department says 44 farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants on temporary work visas.
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Shortening of internet gambling future stuns Atlantic City casinos
Atlantic City’s casinos are trying to understand why New Jersey lawmakers plan to drastically shorten the length of time that internet gambling can be conducted in the state.
US public debt is projected to reach 181% of American economic activity in 30 years
The Congressional Budget Office is giving the world a concerning look at the U.S. government’s ledgers.
Founder of Minnesota-based Precision Lens dies when vintage airplane crashes in Montana
The founder of the Minnesota-based medical products company Precision Lens died when a vintage plane crashed shortly after takeoff at an airport in Montana.
Is it a ‘richcession’? Or a ‘rolling recession”? Or maybe no recession at all?
The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the United States.
New Mexico negotiates settlement over permit renewal for US nuclear waste repository
New Mexico says it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Energy over the renewal of a permit for the federal government’s only underground repository for nuclear waste.
Federal board sides with Navajo coal company, says BNSF Railway must ship to Canadian port
A federal board has ordered BNSF Railway to transport at least 4.2 million tons of coal from a Montana mine to a port in Canada this year.
New Jersey moving to extend its tops-in-the-nation internet gambling market for another 10 years
New Jersey is moving to extend its tops-in-the-nation internet gambling market for another 10 years.
Share of US employees working on-site drops from 84% to 74% in pandemic’s first year
Workers in the fields of computer science, real estate, finance and insurance experienced the greatest bumps in working from home during the first years of the pandemic, while it barely budged for laborers in occupations like stockers, truck operators …
Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct: Justice Department watchdog
The Justice Department’s watchdog says “a combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.