2024-08-21
30 million workers who were trapped by these agreements will now stay trapped thanks to this ruling. The FTC estimated that banning noncompetes would empower workers and raise wages by nearly $200 billion over the next decade, which is why big business lobbyists fought it.
Reuters
A US district judge in Texas strikes down the FTC's ban on worker noncompete agreements, due to start September 4, after temporarily blocking the rule in July
Potential $400B Earnings Boost For Workers Over Next Decade Blocked Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/O : The FTC's noncompete agreements ban has been struck down Todd Spangler / Variety : J...
2024-04-28
Of all the things I was lucky enough to work on, this might be my favorite. You shouldn't have to pay money to pay your taxes. As this program continues to grow, most people will get pre-populated forms and be able to file their taxes with a few clicks in a few minutes.
Washington Post
The US IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ taxpayers in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction
without paying junk fees. Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : A small but important thing to make the government work better and improve people's lives @jason : ummm... that actuall...
2021-06-19
Check out this new interactive map we debuted today. You can see all sorts of data about high-speed internet access, usage, and more in your area and across the US. Here are a couple of maps I found interesting... 1/ https://twitter.com/...
Axios
WH unveils new US broadband map that uses data from FCC, Ookla, Microsoft, and more, showing a greater gap in internet access, as it pushes for more spending
the Biden Administration's new broadband usage map! For the first time, this puts multiple sources of information on the same map; red areas are below FCC definition of broadband. ...