Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn among Senators pushing bill giving musicians royalties from songs played on radio
Senator Marsha Blackburn is part of a bipartisan effort to give royalties for musicians when their songs are played on the radio.
Democratic, GOP lawmakers push pay-for-‘play’ bill that would make radio stations compensate artists for airing their songs
This is a pay for play scheme lawmakers can publicly get behind. Members of Congress from both parties introduced legislation ...
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Lumbee Tribe Moves Closer to Federal Recognition Following Trump’s Action
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has taken a significant step toward receiving full federal recognition following a recent memorandum signed by former President Donald Trump. In the document ...
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Social Security Fairness Act’s boosted payments to 3M public employees ‘could take more than 1 year’
President Biden signed the new law, which will boost Social Security retirement payments to police and firefighters, but now ...
New Social Security Law Faces Long Delay Before Sending Out Adjusted Benefits
It ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated the Social ...
Renton family’s quest for reparations inspires WA bill
School districts with excess land acquired through eminent domain or the threat of it may soon have to offer the original ...
Social Security could owe you thousands of dollars. Here’s how to check.
The Social Security Fairness Act increased benefits to millions more retirees, including some who never claimed them.
How long will it take for Social Security raises with new law for teachers, police?
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said the Social Security Administration must implement the Social Security Fairness Act as ...
Gluesenkamp Perez introduces Fairness for the Trades Act
Skamania, and Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, introduced the bipartisan Fairness for the Trades Act. The legislation will expand the eligible uses of 529 education savings plans to include the ...
Farm workers push for fair pay in MA bill
A farm workers coalition hosted a meeting Wednesday evening to discuss a state bill called the Fairness for Farm Workers Act.