State Farm seeks emergency rate increase averaging 22% after L.A. fires

State Farm seeks emergency rate increase averaging 22% after L.A. fires

State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, asked state officials for an emergency rate hike averaging 22% Monday, claiming the Los Angeles County fires have put the company in tough…

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Meta to Increase Spending to  Billion This Year in A.I. Push

Meta to Increase Spending to $65 Billion This Year in A.I. Push

Mark Zuckerberg spent all of 2024 telling investors that artificial intelligence would be key to the future of his company, Meta. In 2025, he plans to put his money where…

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Padilla hopes to increase firefighter pay, create affordable housing for disaster response

Padilla hopes to increase firefighter pay, create affordable housing for disaster response

WASHINGTON —  While firefighters continue to battle the Los Angeles County fires, California’s Sen. Alex Padilla is introducing a package of bills to increase their pay and create housing for those…

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2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm

2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm

Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the U.S. and around the world confirmed Friday that 2024 was the planet’s hottest year since recordkeeping began…

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US mortgage rate inches up to 6.93%, fourth straight increase – Orange County Register

US mortgage rate inches up to 6.93%, fourth straight increase – Orange County Register

By Matt Ott | The Associated Press The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up again this week, remaining at its highest level since July. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate…

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UC enrolls record number of Californians; steadies Black, Latino students

UC enrolls record number of Californians; steadies Black, Latino students

The University of California enrolled a record number of Californians in Fall 2024, while UC Berkeley joined UCLA in bucking national trends at elite institutions that saw declines in new…

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California to require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas – Press Enterprise

California to require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas – Press Enterprise

FILE – A fire burns a house in the Mountain fire, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) FILE – A firefighter watches as flames…

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Worried your employees want to quit? Here’s an easy way to increase engagement

Giving workers the chance to explore cross-functional roles and new challenges can drive engagement and build stronger teams. The post Worried your employees want to quit? Here’s an easy way…

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L.A. to boost pay for nonprofits at its homeless shelters

L.A. to boost pay for nonprofits at its homeless shelters

The Los Angeles City Council hiked the rate that it pays for services at many of its homeless shelters on Friday, in an attempt to keep nonprofit contractors from pulling…

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L.A. council backs  minimum wage for hotel and LAX workers

L.A. council backs $30 minimum wage for hotel and LAX workers

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to hike the minimum wage for more than 23,000 tourism workers, handing a huge victory to labor unions whose members have struggled to…

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CA Minimum Wage Set to Increase in 2025

by Jennifer Shaw | | December 2, 2024 Yes, the California minimum wage is going up again. Effective January 1, 2025, all employers, regardless of size, must pay workers at…

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Missouri Votes to Increase State Minimum Wage and Provide PSL

Missouri Votes to Increase State Minimum Wage and Provide PSL

Missouri voters have approved a state ballot measure that will increase the state minimum wage starting in 2025 and provide employees in the state with paid sick and safe leave,…

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Election stress: Crisis hotlines see enormous increase after Trump win

Election stress: Crisis hotlines see enormous increase after Trump win

The 2024 election may be over, but its effect on some people’s mental health is starting to become clear. Two major crisis hotlines saw huge increases in contact before and…

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Half of voters polled favor Measure A sales tax for homeless services

Half of voters polled favor Measure A sales tax for homeless services

In the final weeks before the Nov. 5 election, a measure that would double the county’s quarter-percent homeless sales tax was closing in on the majority it needs to pass,…

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Trump’s Plans Could Increase U.S. Debt While Raising Costs for Most Americans

A new analysis finds that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump’s plans would both add to the deficit, but Mr. Trump’s proposals could create a fiscal…

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Lawyers trying to increase access to justice see promise in generative AI

Lawyers trying to increase access to justice see promise in generative AI

For lawyers working to close the justice gap, generative artificial intelligence could be a real game changer. According to a 2022 study by the Legal Services Corp., 92% of low-income…

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China approves retirement age increase amid demographic challenges – JURIST

China approves retirement age increase amid demographic challenges – JURIST

China’s top legislative body made a landmark decision Friday to gradually raise the statutory retirement age, a move aimed at addressing the economic strain from a shrinking workforce and an…

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DOJ Report Highlights Increase in Jail Population to Pre-Pandemic Levels and Continued Systemic Issues

A report from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics reveals that, as of midyear 2022, while at least 30 percent (or 197,000 people) of the jail population was convicted,…

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You Get A Pay Increase, And You Get A Pay Increase, And… – See Also

You Get A Pay Increase, And You Get A Pay Increase, And… – See Also

You Get A Pay Increase, And You Get A Pay Increase, And… – See Also – Above the Law Skip to content × Love ATL? Let’s make it official.Sign up…

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UK police note 1,353 percent and 140 percent increase in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic offenses – JURIST

UK police note 1,353 percent and 140 percent increase in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic offenses – JURIST

The UK’s Metropolitan Police made a statement Friday outlining a spike in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes across London between October 1 and 18 in light of the ongoing Israel-Hamas…

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