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.. […]
Social Security Administration issues new rule preventing food assistance from affecting payouts
The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced Wednesday that it is introducing new rules aimed at removing barriers and increasing monthly payments for people receiving certain government benefits. Starting at the end of September next year, authorities will no longer include food assistance when calculating eligibility for monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. Those eligible for […]
Former Post Office chair says he was told to stall Horizon compensation payouts | Post Office Horizon scandal
The former Postal Service Commissioner said he was instructed by senior civil servants to postpone compensation payments to post office operators so that the government could “drag its feet” ahead of the general election. Henry Stanton, who was sacked by Business Minister Kemi Badenoch last month amid outrage over the Horizon scandal, said the request […]