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- Missouri Senate Republicans invoked a rarely used rule to repeal the abortion rights amendment and the paid sick leave law approved by voters in November. On both counts, the state GOP overturned the will of the people. missouriindependent.com/2025/05/14/m...
- Corporate investors now own 30% of the single-family rental homes in the Atlanta area.
- New reporting reveals that Denver airport air traffic control went out for 6 minutes on Monday. Up to 20 pilots were unable to talk to controllers. www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...
- Multinational conglomerate 3M will pay the state of New Jersey up to $450 million in a settlement for contaminating groundwater water with "forever chemicals" known as PFAS. This news comes as the Trump administration rolls back regulations on PFAS.
- BREAKING: The EPA says it will reverse most of the drinking water standards aimed at protecting people from toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS. Even low levels of the chemicals known as PFAS are linked with cancer and other health problems. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- Over 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores are now on strike. The workers are protesting a new company dress code, according to @sbworkersunited.org.
- Nearly 200 fired federal workers who screen coal miners for black lung are now back on the job, after a judge ordered their reinstatement. U.S. District Court Judge Irene Berger said the Trump admin could not legally end the program, which was started by Congress.
- "U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff unveiled research Wednesday on the impact of out-of-state companies buying up Georgia homes for rental properties, as he continues to focus attention on the impact of institutional investors as part of a federal probe." www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy keeps insisting it’s safe to fly out of Newark Airport, despite alarming outages and worker shortages. But Duffy now admits he personally changed a flight for his wife so that she wouldn’t have to travel through Newark. gizmodo.com/transportati...
- BREAKING: Trump is in Qatar, which has just announced an agreement to purchase 160 Boeing aircraft. Republicans are working to defund health care and SNAP, but corporations are consistently being taken care of at the highest level.
- Student loan delinquency rates have surged to a five-year high. About 6 million Americans have a loan 90 days or more past due or in default. The Trump admin has restarted collections, and is gearing up to garnish wages and use other involuntary mechanisms.
