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Protesters hold signs advocating for the protection of frontline workers at the Texas Capitol in March in response to Gov. Greg Abbott ending the statewide mask mandate. Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would, among other things, prevent cities from requiring businesses to provide paid sick leave to employees. Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Senate has revived a push to ban cities and counties from requiring companies to provide speci...

Where Are They Now? — Wax Despite a vibrant sound well in keeping with the diverse stylistic spectrum of the late '60s, the band Wax mostly remained a secret until a master tape was released over four decades later. Author: Apr 9, 2021 The band Wax rehearsing the night away (L-R): David Kagan (lead vocals), Rick Chertoff (drums), Rick Levy (guitar/vocals), Beau Jones (bass/vocals) and Rob Hyman (keyboards/vocals), and the newly released album, "Elmira Lane" (inset). Photo courtesy of Wax. Despite a vibrant sound well in keeping with the diverse stylistic spectrum of the late '60s, the ba...

JEANNETTE, Pa. (AP) — When Joe Biden visited this corner of southwestern Pennsylvania in the final weeks before the election, his goal wasn't to win it so much as to show the area's overwhelmingly white working-class electorate that his party was at least willing to try. “A lot of white, working-class Democrats thought we forgot them,” Biden said after touring a union training facility during a late September swing through Westmoreland County....

President Joe Biden is flying Tuesday to Delaware County, outside Philadelphia, to help promote the new aid.

Almost all Democrats who had bucked PRO Act get on board Unified caucus signals labor clout, frustrates business lobby March 11, 2021 5:47 PM By Andrew Kreighbaum and Ian Kullgren (Adds comment from American Federation of Teachers president beginning in 12th paragraph.) A sweeping labor bill headed to the Senate presents a major test for Democrats, placing moderates squarely in the middle of a tug-of-war between business groups and powerful union donors. Labor unions’ strength was on display this week after the House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (H.R. 8...