Legal & Regulatory
UPDATE: Boeing Locks Out Firefighters Amid Labor Dispute, Negotiation with Machinists
Boeing locked out 125 unionized firefighters and emergency responders in Washington state this weekend in a dispute over a new four-year contract.
Joe Biden Expands Affordable Healthcare Coverage for DACA Immigrants
The administration of President Joe Biden has expanded access to affordable healthcare insurance for about 100,000 immigrants covered by DACA program.
Biden Administration Cancels 10% of Borrowers’ Student Loan; Here’s Who’s Next!
According to a recent report, the Biden administration has announced the cancellation of 10% of all student debt in its latest round of actions.
IRS Scrambles to Address Huge Gap in Audit Rates Between Black, Other Taxpayers
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it has implemented measures to tackle the significant discrepancy in audit rates between different groups of taxpayers.
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Alaska Air Group disclosed on Friday that it received $61 million in supplier credit memos from Boeing.
Canada is increasing its surveillance to detect a potentially harmful strain of avian flu amid the growing outbreak of H5N1 in US dairy cattle.
Chicago Teachers Union has reached a new contract agreement with Chicago Public Schools, marking a notable departure from their strike action five years ago.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill banning the sale of lab-grown meat, citing concerns over a conspiracy theory about "global elites" pushing for its consumption.
The SEC charged an auditing firm linked to Trump Media with "massive fraud," resulting in over 1,500 filings being impacted and $14 million in penalties.
A lawyer for former President Donald Trump has tried to portray the hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as extortion.
County authorities claimed in a complaint that if emergency responders had known about widespread cellular outages during the height of last summer's deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other means to warn about the situation.
A passenger on a March United Airlines flight from London to Newark was fined $20,638 for his aggressive behavior.
A US scheme to pay carriers and ISPs to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from their networks is stalled owing to a $3 billion financing gap.
The audit rate for large corporations with assets exceeding $250 million is expected to almost triple, rising from 8.8% in 2019 to an estimated 22.6% by 2026.