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‘Potato cartel’ colluded to artificially hike french fry, hash brown prices: lawsuits

A “potato cartel” allegedly conspired to artificially raise the prices of fries and hash browns in order to corner the $68 billion frozen spud market, according to multiple lawsuits. After decades of consolidation, Lamb Weston, Canada-based McCain Foods, J.R. Simplot Company and Cavendish Farms Inc., according to an antitrust lawsuit filed in the U.S. District […]

GOP mocks Gavin Newsom’s ‘brag’ over modest increase in homelessness hike

California Republican leaders ridiculed Gov. Gavin Newsom's blistering response to a critical analysis of the Golden State's response to homelessness, saying the increase in homelessness is not worth celebrating. State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones declared year-end for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and criticized Mr. Newsom. homeless assessment report An indictment […]

Residents Vow to Stop Tipping in Dem-Run Seattle due to Minimum Wage Hike

Residents of Seattle, Washington, plan to stop tipping as a minimum wage hike looms in the Democratic-run city. The city's minimum wage is scheduled to increase from $19.97 an hour to $20.76 an hour on January 1st. daily mail reported on friday. Tipping employees on top of the upcoming hourly wage increase appears to be […]