What to Know About Project Firewall, the Trump Administration’s H-1B Visa Probe

The Labor Department will investigate companies suspected of “abusing” H-1B visas as part of a broader effort to compel ...

The labor market is on a knife edge, and the factors weakening it aren’t going anywhere

The Federal Reserve faces rising labor market weakness as BLS revisions, JOLTS downturn, and AI job displacement fuel calls for FOMC rate cuts—but what underlying factors are shaping the data, and are ...

Trump administration to get tough on companies that misuse the H-1B visa

The Labor Department said it would take the unusual step to open investigations into companies that abuse the H-1B visa ...
Los Angeles Times

‘We are going to take back MacArthur Park’: Hundreds protest against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles

Several hundred workers, organizers and immigrant advocates gathered in palm-tree-dotted MacArthur Park on Tuesday to denounce the Trump administration and immigration raids it has carried out in the ...
ClickOrlando

Florida minimum wage boost takes effect next week. Here’s how high it will go

Next week, Florida’s minimum wage will be hiked even further after state voters approved the change nearly five years ago.

Rural hospitals in Oregon struggled to maintain maternity care even before Medicaid cuts

It was the middle of the night on April 2, 2024, when Teela Banister went into labor. She and her husband raced out the door of their rural home on the outskirts of Baker City in eastern Oregon, ...