Citi Bike costs jump again after summer price hike – and owner Lyft’s push for NYC congestion pricing
Lyft increased the price of its Citi Bike on Monday. This was just as they were about to defeat the congestion pricing they had been lobbying for. The bike rental service has decided to raise its prices again, less than six months after parent company Lyft slapped a 20% price increase on customers. The pinch […]
Seattle Restaurant Owner Cries After Minimum Wage Hike Forces Her to Close
A small business owner in Seattle, Washington, says he's been “crying every day” about his restaurant closing due to the state's new minimum wage hike to more than $20 an hour. Democratic-controlled cities law Breitbart News reported that the minimum wage increase from $19.97 to $20.76 went into effect on the first day of 2025. […]
Pregnant California teacher Clara Thomann dies after falling during hike in Greece
A pregnant California teacher who was months away from giving birth to her first child died last month after falling during a hiking trip in Greece. Clara Thoman, 33, a science teacher at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, was vacationing in the Greek Islands when she slipped and fell approximately 54 feet into a […]
Prepare to pay: New NYS Thruway toll hike in new year
The New York State Thruway Authority hasn’t increased tolls in over a decade, but that will change in 2024. For the first time in 14 … source
Washington state Dems’ tax hike plans leak — along with talking points on how to sell proposals to constituents
A Washington state Democrat appears to have mistakenly emailed all of Olympia's U.S. senators with internal talking points about his sweeping revenue plan and tax hikes, Fox News has revealed. Washington state Democrats are pushing for increased property taxes and gun protection, according to documents initially distributed to all members in late December by Deputy […]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal celebrates massive minimum-wage hike in Seattle and gets nailed with seething backlash
As Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington celebrated the passage of a major minimum wage increase in the city of Seattle, many on social media reacted with ridicule and ridicule. Seattle's far-left government has raised the minimum wage for all businesses starting January 1st. Some companies have already shut down, calculating that the law will […]
‘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 […]
Seattle minimum wage hike forces queer waffle shop owner to shut down business: ‘I’ve cried every day’
A self-identified queer business owner in West Seattle says he has to close his waffle shop because of the far-left city's minimum wage hike. Corinna Luckenbach told KCPQ-TV. Wage hikes, along with rising costs due to inflation, spelled doom for Bebop Waffle Shop, which had been open for more than a decade. The City of […]
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 […]