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Judge Hands Trump Admin Win On Federal Employee Payouts

US District Judge George O'Toole Jr. on Wednesday cleared a temporary freeze on the Trump administration's plan to provide payments to millions of federal employees, according to court filings. In an email sent by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on January 28, the Trump administration began offering federal employees for postponed compensation by […]

California reparations payouts on hold, but state moves toward apology for slavery

Although the California Senate put on hold plans to provide reparations to the state’s citizens, Congress voted to formally apologize for the state’s role in slavery. California’s House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to send to the Senate, acknowledging responsibility for “all the harms and atrocities committed by the state.” Los Angeles Times […]

EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Press Biden EPA For Details About Massive Payouts To Orgs Laden With Dem Insiders

Top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are requesting documents and information about a Biden administration program that paid out billions of dollars to organizations staffed with Democratic Party insiders. Republicans Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, Buddy Carter of Georgia and H. Morgan Griffith of Virginia wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

Compensation payouts to UK rail passengers for delays hit £100m a year | Rail industry

Compensation paid to passengers for train delays in the UK has reached record levels, with annual payouts exceeding £100m and the number of insurance claims for train delays and cancellations continuing to rise. Payments to passengers for travel disruption reached £101.3m in the year to April 2023, an increase of 155% from £39m in 2021-22.. […]