December 21, 2020 Pearl River Congress passed a skinny stimulus bill for $900 billion to win the “better than nothing” award for 2020. Whoopee! The bill does promise a bit of cash for everyone in the by and by, and that’s good. Legislators snuck in a piece that bars surprise medical bills, which is also …
Urban Highway Dividers
December 20, 2020 Pearl River Remember way back when, back in 2018-19 in the “before” times, when Amazon was jacking up cities, large and small, to compete for their headquarters location? New York rejected the notion, Nashville captured a piece, and now with the surge in on-line ordering under the pandemic, cities, large and small, …
Labor Law and Leverage
December 19, 2020 New Orleans One of the cabinet positions still waiting for a nomination from President-Elect Biden is the Labor Department, where the devastation of workers’ rights and protections has been particularly acute. This is going to be a hard job. Ironically, the easiest piece may be raising the minimum wage finally. With the …