by Ty Davison | Apr 6, 2024 | News & Commentary
The Calls for Help Coming From Above the Poverty Line – WSJ: Samantha Daley and Jonathan Harewood have full-time jobs, she as a high school administrative assistant and he as a machinist at an aerospace engineering firm. Their family of four has health insurance...
by Ty Davison | Mar 15, 2024 | News & Commentary
Lyft and Uber to cease operations in Minneapolis after new minimum wage law | CNN Business: Lyft and Uber will stop offering services in Minneapolis on May 1 after the city council overrode the mayor’s veto of a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. The city...
by Ty Davison | Oct 30, 2023 | News & Commentary
Detroit Is Paying Up to End the UAW Strike. Now Carmakers Will Live With the Costs. – WSJ: The tentative agreements, to be voted on in the coming weeks, include a 25% general wage increase over four years. By the end of the contract’s term in 2028, most of the...
by Ty Davison | Oct 17, 2023 | News & Commentary
Sweetgreen Hires Kale-Shooting Robots to Speed Up Service – WSJ: The key to shorter lines and higher profits at one restaurant chain: a salad-making robot. Fast-casual chain Sweetgreen in May opened its first restaurant staffed by a proprietary robot that shoots...
by Ty Davison | Jul 13, 2023 | News & Commentary
California has spent billions to fight homelessness. The problem has gotten worse | CNN: California has spent a stunning $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness over just four years. But, in the same time frame, from 2018 to 2022, the state’s homeless...
