Peterborough Three California-based nonprofits, the National Asian American Coalition, COR Community Development Corporation, and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Coalition sued Governor Jerry Brown and his team in California demanding replacement of $369 million obtained for the state for mortgage foreclosure relief and diverted to pay for state debts. The suit alleges that according to …
Category: Financial Justice
Making Earned Income Credits a Better Incentive for Work and Fair to the Childless
Peterborough In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Princeton economist, author, and former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder made a brilliant case for Congress to actually read Obama’s proposal and do more to make the Earned Income Tax Credit really increase citizen wealth and even, are you listening my …
Defining Overtime and Discretionary or Supervisory Workers
Toronto President Obama and his administration have announced an “always-on-the-shelf,” but long overdue move to revise the rules on definition and pay limits defining supervisory and discretionary workers and their eligibility for overtime. In a sobering commentary noting the slow, grinding wheels of government, some have noted that a rule making procedure along these lines …