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Economic Inequality

Minimum Wage Law Rent Control State Initiatives Government Spending State Pension Union Support Rental Market Wealth Concentration Budget Cuts Child Poverty Statistics

GOP Split Over SALT Cap Brings Reconciliation Bill to Standstill

Persistent discord over the SALT cap has halted progress on the tax-and-spending package with only days left before July 4.

Senators Propose Raising Federal Minimum Wage to $15

Chicago Prepares to Reinstate 1% Grocery Tax to Address $1.1 Billion Deficit

Supreme Court Weighs Suit Over CPUC’s Deep Cuts to Solar Panel Credits

Illinois Legislature Adjourns Without Transit Funding, Agencies Brace for Cuts

Senate to Review Bill Raising SALT Deduction Cap to $40,000

Deepening Gen Z Gender Divide Drives Young Men Right and Young Women Left

Cuomo Proposes $20 Minimum Wage by 2027 in NYC Mayoral Bid

Rent Guidelines Board cuts proposed two-year lease hikes to 3.75%-7.75% after rare revote

The View Hosts Condemn Trump's Acceptance of $400 Million Qatari Jet as Unconstitutional

Connecticut Cancels $100 Million in Medical Debt for Over 100,000 Residents

House Republicans Pass Bill to Extend Tax Cuts, Deepening Wealth Divide

Congress Pledges Rs 2,500 Monthly Aid to Women in Bihar Under Mai Bahan Maan Yojana

Odisha Opposition Demands 27% SEBC Quota as BJP Pledges Expansion

Judge Considers Sisters' Legal Battle Over £420,000 Family Home

Rachel Reeves Faces Growing Rebellion Over Disability Benefit Cuts

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

UK State Pension Uprating Policy Leaves 453,000 Expats Facing £470 Shortfall

Lord John Bird Pushes for Legally Binding Child Poverty Targets in UK Law

Pope Leo XIV Signals Focus on Social Justice with Name Choice