Lesser-Publicized Policy Change from the USCIS has Potentially Far-Reaching Ramifications While the Trump Administration continues to find no shortage of immigration-related controversy, one recent decision has managed to draw little media attention, even though the ramifications will likely impact a large number of foreign-born professionals, … [Read more...]
Trump Guts Federal Workers’ Protections
In recent months, the Trump administration has taken aim at workers’ rights, buttressing regressive Supreme Court decisions with an all-out attack on labor organizations and unionized federal employees. At the end of May, the President signed three executive orders that effectively gut protections for workers employed by the federal government. One … [Read more...]
Mick Mulvaney Purges CFPB Advisory Boards
Ever since Mick Mulvaney was appointed Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), he has implemented a slew of measures meant to strip the agency of its purpose and structure, leaving an empty stalk where once there was a substantial agency capable of enforcing meaningful regulations. After launching a top-to-bottom … [Read more...]
Hawaii Institutes Bump Stock Ban, Other Gun Control Measures
With federal action on guns unlikely, gun control advocates are increasingly turning to state and local governments for solutions. On July 9 they scored a win in one of the country's most Democratic states. Hawaii Governor David Ige, a Democrat, signed into law a bill that bans so-called “bump stocks” in the island state, nearly three months … [Read more...]
VW’s $10 Billion ‘Dieselgate’ Settlement is Upheld by 9th Circuit Court Appeals
Volkswagen ‘Dieselgate’ plaintiffs – in the largest motor vehicle scandal in history – agreed to a $10 billion settlement on July 11th in which Volkswagen pleaded guilty to using a sophisticated software device on its diesel-fuel cars that allowed VW to falsify emissions tests. Approximately 550,000 VWs sold in the U.S. since 2008 with 2.0 liter … [Read more...]
California Bill Could Mitigate the Damaging Effects of Forced Arbitration
The US has seen, in recent years, the decline of unions and worker protections. This decline has come in a variety of forms, but perhaps most insidious is a phenomenon known as forced arbitration. Thanks to a little-known contractual clause, consumers and workers, alike, face severe obstacles to seeking justice after being wronged by businesses … [Read more...]
Massachusetts Passes Compromise Labor Law
Massachusetts will be the third state in the country to raise the minimum wage to $15.00/hr., a result of a so-called “grand bargain” labor bill passed by the state legislature and signed by Governor Charlie Baker on June 28. The law, “An Act Relative to Minimum Wage, Paid Family Medical Leave, and the Sales Tax Holiday,” or HB 4640, represents … [Read more...]
US Customs Seizes Retired Man’s Assets for No Reason
In the United States, it is common practice for federal officers to confiscate assets from people who have not been charged with any crime and who have not been arrested. Thanks to this procedure, known as civil asset forfeiture, nearly $2 billion in assets are taken from Americans every year. Rustem Kazazi, a 64-year-old ex-Albanian police … [Read more...]
Kentucky Pulls Dental and Vision from Medicaid After Court Vacates Work Permit Plan
Republican Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is retaliating by eliminating Medicaid dental care and vision services after losing a major court battle in June that vacated Trump’s January, 2018 directive that would have made Kentucky the first state to require Medicaid recipients to work, perform community service, or undergo job training to receive … [Read more...]
Family Pressures EPA Into Taking Action on a Proposed Chemical Ban
A family devastated by a chemical-related death got the chance to look former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in the eye and ask him point blank whether he would ban the substance responsible for the unnecessary fatality. Pruitt’s response: we’ll look into. This didn’t bode well for the residents of Charleston, South Carolina, who have expressed … [Read more...]
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