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San Diego Panel Advances $25 Minimum Wage Increase for Hospitality Staff

The select committee’s unanimous decision tasks staff with drafting an ordinance to reach the full City Council before year’s end

HMRC Urges Parents to Update Child Benefit Claims for 16-Year-Olds by August 31

Canada to Lower Lowest Income Tax Rate to 14% Starting July 2025

HMRC Confirms Early Benefit Payments for May 26 Bank Holiday

Kamla Persad-Bissessar Wins Snap Election, Returns as Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister

Karnataka Congress Stages Major Protest Over Rising Fuel and Essential Goods Prices

UK MPs Confirmed to Receive 2.8% Pay Increase to £93,904 in April

HILDA Survey Reveals Rising Inequality, Gender Gaps in Housework, and Declining Religiosity in Australia

SNP Plans Summit to Counter Reform UK’s Rise in Scotland

Australian Voters Face Growing Disillusionment with Major Party Leaders

Nearly 90% of Councils in England Plan Maximum or Higher Council Tax Increases

Trump-Aligned Sheriff Chad Bianco Enters California Governor Race

Deb Haaland Announces Bid for New Mexico Governorship

Victorian By-Elections Signal Major Shifts in Australian Politics

Werribee and Prahran Byelections Reflect Voter Discontent with Major Parties

15-Month Prison Sentence Sought for Martinique Activist Rodrigue Petitot

Gov. Hochul Addresses Subway Safety and Cost of Living in State of the State Speech

California Governor Proposes $322 Billion Budget Without a Deficit

FTSE 100 CEOs Earn UK Median Worker’s Annual Salary in Under Three Days

New Caledonia's Government Toppled Over Reconstruction Disputes