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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago workers making minimum wage are set to get a raise starting next month. Starting July 1, the city's minimum wage will be $16.60 and the minimum wage for subsidized youth employment programs, the minimum wage will be $16.50. Under the One Fair Wage Ordinance, the wages of tipped workers such as restaurant servers, bartenders, bussers and runners who earn a subminimum wage of $12.62 per hour will increase by eight percent per year until it reaches parity with Chicago's standard hourly minimum wage on July 1, 2028. Other regulations for paid leave, paid sick time and...

BREAKING: Left-wing protestors just took over Trump Tower, NYC by force. They've overtaken the first floor. They won't leave. They are chanting "free Mahmoud, free them all" - reference to the pro-Palestine man from Columbia University.

A state audit found taxpayers in Gov. JB Pritzker’s (D) Illinois paid out a whopping $1.6 billion for healthcare programs for illegal immigrants since 2020. The news comes after Republican legislators pushed for the audit to be released, Fox News reported on Friday. In regard to the audit, state Senate Republican leader John Curran said it showed there has been rampant overspending. “And it also showed that the governor was unable to manage this program. Thousands of people were allowed to sign up for free healthcare for years on the state taxpayer dime that should not have been eligible under...

Let’s face it, the Democratic Party got off track. Back in the late ’90s, President Bill Clinton had approval ratings in the 70s as the party stood for a form of centrist progressivism. It meant finding a vital center in which the party looked to give people in need a helping hand but required people take responsibility for their own actions. That meant the adoption of policies like Pell Grants that required a B average or work requirements for welfare or a balanced budget. The economy soared. But the left fought these policies, and gradually they regained more and more...

There are no federal laws that require private employers to provide paid sick leave, but 15 states and Washington, D.C., currently have laws mandating private employers provide paid sick leave to eligible employees. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 percent of private industry workers in the U.S. did not have access to paid sick leave. Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska voted in favor of passing ballot measures entitling workers to paid sick leave.

The Democrats paid teh homeless to fill up the Atlanta Harris for president rally. (see 2 minute video below)https://x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1818862145968480387

Just got back from the grocery store. Anyone wanna venture a guess on what I payed for a yellow onion?

CHICAGO (CBS) -- New data shine a light on just how much Chicago has been spending to support the migrant mission so far. Just over 13,000 asylum seekers are living in city shelters – and city officials said they are preparing for a spike. But it not clear how the city would pay for such a spike. If it feels confusing tracking the spending – the amount of money the city has spent, the amount the state has given, and how much the federal government has contributed – that is because it is, in fact, confusing

One of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) former top aides reportedly laid aside quite a bit of money in donor funds from his political action committee (PAC) for himself. After stepping down from his position as her communications director in 2019, Corbin Trent created the No Excuses PAC, Fox News reported Saturday.

All eyes are on Capitol Hill, watching as Congress gets closer and closer to failing to fund the federal government, forcing a shutdown. Shutting down the government could have big reverberations across the country — and significant consequences for the people who live and work and visit the nation's capital. Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia combined have about 400,000 federal workers, plus hundreds of thousands of military service members and government contractors. The region's growth and competitiveness have long been tied to the federal government.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Neither members of the Rochester Fire Department nor Rochester Police Department were paid as scheduled on Thursday morning. Their union reps are currently at City Hall trying to figure out what’s going on. New10NBC has reached out to Rochester City Hall to learn more. This is a developing story.

More than a million UK households will be offered money for them to cut their electricity use between 5pm and 6pm on Monday in a move that follows the National Grid bringing back mothballed coal plants today to ensure supply. Some people across Britain are to be offered up to £20 (~$24.76) to dramatically reduce their electricity usage between 5pm and 6pm on Monday evening in an attempt to curb the country’s electricity use in the face of potential shortages. It will be the first time such payments will be issued under the National Grid’s Demand Flexibility Service, which was...

Emails from the “Laptop from Hell” in 2010 show Hunter Biden paid for home repairs on President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence, where stashed classified documents were unearthed by the president’s attorneys on Wednesday. Hunter paid thousands of dollars for Joe Biden’s home maintenance, including a $190 per month AT&T phone bill, according to emails between Hunter and Eric Schwerin, his business partner at Rosemont Seneca.

Russia has 'unleashed chemical weapons on Mariupol' with Ukrainian troops reporting they are suffering breathing issues and dizziness - as the besieged port city's mayor reveals more than 10,000 civilians have died in the conflict so far. The unidentified agent is said to have been dropped on the city from a Russian drone, according to unverified reports from the city's Azov regiment. Details of the assault, via the Telegram messaging app, say a 'poisonous substance of unknown origin' has led to the city's defenders suffering from symptoms including breathing issues, 'respiratory failure' and 'vestibulo-atactic syndrome'. The alleged attack came just...

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” network anchor Chris Wallace addressed President Joe Biden and other Democrats maintaining that the Build Back Better agenda was already paid for or wouldn’t cost Americans. Wallace, host of “Fox News Sunday,” argued the massive legislation “really isn’t” paid for because it includes “all kinds of typical Washington budget gimmicks.”

A day after President Joe Biden denied that border crossers could be paid off nearly half a million each as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) settlement, his White House admits that such payouts will happen “if it saves taxpayer dollars.” Last month, reports circulated that Biden’s DOJ, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were working to settle with a number of border crossers represented by the ACLU, who claim they have suffered trauma as a result of former President Donald Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” policy that was briefly imposed in 2019.

Thursday on “CNN Newsroom,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg addressed concerns about how to fund President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan. Buttigieg argued the proposal is “fully paid for” by “asking corporations to pay their fair share.” Furthermore, he claimed it is “what most Americans think is the right thing to do.”

Israel paid Syrian President Bashar Assad’s grand-uncle $100 million for the Golan Heights before the Six-Day War in 1967, says a former close friend to assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. Dr. Mahmoud Jame’ said Sadat was briefed on the deal, according to the Jordanian-based Albawaba website. Jame’, a member of the first Consultative Council in Egypt, said, “One morning Sadat took me with him in private and without a guard to the (Syrian part of the) Golan Heights, and I swear by the Almighty G-d that he put his hand on my shoulder and as we were standing on the...

Pizza chain &pizza is offering its employees paid time off for activism following the death of George Floyd last week. The fast-casual restaurant announced the news on Sunday. “For those in this pain. For those in this fight. We stand with the Black Community against racial hate and injustice,” &pizza tweeted. “In memory of George Floyd & in UNITY always. From this day forward, @andpizza will be giving its employees paid time off for activism.”’ SNIP The custom-pie restaurant chain, based in Washington, D.C., employs about 700 people across 40 locations in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts. The...

**SNIP** Here's a breakdown of the annual salary of members, officers and officials of the House. Salaries have not gone up since 2009, CRS notes. Speaker of the House: $223,500 Majority and minority leaders: $193,400 All other representatives (including delegates and resident commissioner from Puerto Rico): $174,000 Chief administrative officer: $172,500 Clerk of the House: $172,500 Sergeant at arms: $172,500 Chaplain: $172,500 Legislative counsel: $172,500 Law revision counsel: $172,500 Parliamentarian: $172,500 Inspector general: $172,500 Director, interparliamentary affairs: $172,500 General counsel to the House: $172,500 Here's a breakdown of the annual salary of members, officers and officials of the Senate: President...