A school in upstate New York known as Wells College is closing its doors this spring after seeing its graduating class of 2024 cross the podium into their future due to unstable revenue. “We have a fiduciary responsibility to the institution; we have determined after a thorough review that the College does not have adequate financial resources to continue,” Board …
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Missouri voters on Wednesday got a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, after a group behind the effort said it turned in nearly double the required number of signatures. The ballot measure backed by Missouri Jobs with Justice would raise the minimum wage from its current $12.30 an hour …
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A survey conducted byGallupat the end of March found that 55% of Americans say they care about inflation “a great deal,” the highest level of concern recorded among all the issues listed. The economy, health care costs and federal spending also ranked among the top issues. In fact, the only non-economic topic among the top six issues by respondents in …
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Americans have expressed increasing concern with the economy in recent months. The issue is outpaced only by immigration as their top concern. Seventeen percent of Americans rated the economy as the top problem facing the country, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. The concern over the economy has steadily risen over the last few months, rising from 12% in …
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A North Carolina Democrat seeking re-election in the House says he is “fighting every day” for the families in his district as he fends off accusations made by his Republican challenger that he’s “beholden” to President Biden and dismissive of constituent concerns. Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., said he and his team have “been working so hard to deliver for families …
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As the Biden White House continues to bragabout thealleged successofits economic policies, government data shows the country is hemorrhagingfull-timejobs. According to the U.S. BureauofLabor Statistics, thenumberofAmericans reportingfull-timeemployment dropped by more than 1.7 millionjobsfrom November 2023 to the endofMarch 2024, the most recentmonthfor which data isavailable. That’sadeclineof1.33%overafive-monthperiod. Excluding job losses related to the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, the recent drop infull-timeemployment …
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Most voters prefer former President Donald Trump to handle their top issues over President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, recent polling shows. A new NBC News poll found that inflation is the number one issue for voters going into November — an issue that most respondents believe would be better handled by Trump than the current president. When …
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The left claims to care about income inequality, but time and time again, its members reject solutions that allow more people to accumulate assets and savings. That’s because the left wants to end income inequality by leveling everyone down so everyone will be equally miserable. The American way, however, is to help everyone move up in income and have a …
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Santa Monica city officials last week approved a multimillion-dollar apartment unit for the homeless just days after the release of an audit which found California could not account for the $24 billion it spent on the state’s burgeoning homeless crisis. The 122-unit building for the homeless will include a mix of studio, one, two and three-bedroom apartments, along with ground …
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The dust is still settling at NBC News following the debacle last month over its hiring and firing of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, but scrutiny of the Comcast-owned network’s leadership remains, particularly top boss Cesar Conde. Conde, who apologized to NBC staff over the hiring of McDaniel as an analyst after network talent erupted in anger, has …
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