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For the Many, a progressive activist group, has launched a Hudson Valley campaign to ban non-owner-occupied vacation rentals listed on sites such as Airbnb.

The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009. In the absence of action from Congress and state legislatures, local governments are adding capacity to their programs to support workers.

Since Brad Lander took over as the city’s fiscal watchdog in January, his comptroller’s office has approved nearly $550 million in contracts with non-profit organizations that are members of an umbrella non-profit his wife oversees, a Daily News analysis of city contracts shows.

The Park City Council could be joining the fight over abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure.

<p>"She looked around, shrugged, turned to me, said, 'Good luck,' and walked off. That's when I figured out that authority had to be achieved by uniting the weaker ones to form a group for protection."</p>

<p>"She looked around, shrugged, turned to me, said, 'Good luck,' and walked off. That's when I figured out that authority had to be achieved by uniting the weaker ones to form a group for protection."</p>

<p>"She looked around, shrugged, turned to me, said, 'Good luck,' and walked off. That's when I figured out that authority had to be achieved by uniting the weaker ones to form a group for protection."</p>

Op-Ed: "The safest communities are not those with the most police; they are the ones with the most resources."

Florida politics — and more — you can read in as much time as your first cuppa joe.

Returning home on a trip to Seattle, the Congressional Progressive Caucus chairwoman discusses the sustainability of Democratic Party's progressive wing.