The Libre Initiative, part of the political network created by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, on Monday will unveil a seven-figure voter engagement effort and ad campaign targeting members of Congress who have supported what it calls President Biden’s “punitive economic policies.” The campaign, one of the most expansive undertaken by the group, will include…
It’s Monday. The Golden State’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. Plus, the Yimby movement isn’t just for liberals anymore. Tech layoffs. Hollywood strikes. Rural joblessness. For much of the past year, key parts of the California economy have looked a lot like our winter weather: dreary. While the state’s economy has long outpaced the economies…
SAN JUAN, P.R. — In Puerto Rico, protests on May 1, a long-held tradition for workers, have become a portrait of a precarious economy. No longer are the annual demonstrations limited to public schoolteachers and other unionized workers demanding better pay and working conditions. Other residents come out now, too — people fed up and…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Biden sought to persuade Americans on Thursday that the economy is doing better on his watch than many believe and warned that Republicans would make it harder for the middle class to afford education, health care and other necessities if they win Congress next week. “The economy is up, price inflation…