The New York State Legislature may vote to raise pay for its lawmakers to $130,000 a year from $110,000, making them the highest-paid in the U.S.
https://observer.com/2022/12/the-new-york-state-may-soon-have-the-highest-paid-lawmakers-in-the-us/
President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to pass legislation adopting a labor agreement between U.S. rail workers and management that was voted down by most union members, who are pushing for p...
Even in states where serving in the legislature is a full-time job, few working class people run for the position. A job with term limits can be a gamble for Americans worried about putting food ...
Outgoing UK prime minister Liz Truss insisted she wasn't a quitter just a day before stepping down. Her exit offers lessons for maintaining authenticity amid a resignation.
https://observer.com/2022/10/lessons-in-how-not-to-quit-from-liz-truss/
The Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles has been striking since March and filed for union representation but what happened before the strike?
In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade's overturning, companies are unlikely to revisit donations to anti-abortion politicians. If anything, they may get better at hiding them.
A new pandemic response plan reportedly gives control for a disease outbreak to the White House instead of the CDC. What could go wrong?
The Pennsylvania Senator has launched a crusade to find out why the Federal Reserve granted, and later rescinded, a banking privilege to a small, politically connected fintech company.
https://observer.com/2022/06/pat-toomey-and-the-strange-winding-tale-of-reserve-trust/
Public complaints and substantial campaign donations did not stop New York State legislators from passing an historic bill to limit cryptocurrency mining.
Even France's diplomats are going on strike, over fears their role will be diminished under a proposed governmental reform.
https://observer.com/2022/06/even-frances-diplomats-are-going-on-strike/
The annual gathering of the global elite in Davos, Switzerland, says it's tackling the world's problems, but resists efforts at redistributing its wealth.
During this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of the popular cryptocurrency Ripple, met with Iraki Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, who...
It may be easier to buy guns than Sudafed, but there is a good reason the cold medicine was locked away in 2006.
https://observer.com/2022/05/there-are-good-reasons-why-sudafed-is-so-hard-to-buy/
Starbucks is the latest company to exit Russia, joining McDonald's and nearly 1,000 other businesses leaving the country in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.
New sanctions on Russia which could put additional pressure on the nation's struggling economy, leading to a default on its debt. The global economy would feel the impact.
New York State is suing Amazon for discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers, the latest point of contention between the state and the company following unionization efforts on Staten ...
Most brands have remained deafeningly silent on the most fundamental issue facing women now: the rollback of reproductive rights crystallized by the leaked Supreme Court brief signaling the immin...
Observer's exclusive interview with New York State Assemblywoman Anna Kelles, author and chief sponsor of the state's proposed moratorium on "proof of work" cryptocurrency mining.
https://observer.com/2022/05/exclusive-it-is-so-modest-inside-new-yorks-bitcoin-mining-moratorium/
Prominent Twitter users are experiencing big swings in their followers after the announcement that Elon Musk will buy the platform.
Donald Trump said he won't return to Twitter, despite Elon Musk's takeover, and will instead focus on his platform, Truth Social.
https://observer.com/2022/04/trump-said-he-wont-return-to-a-twitter-run-by-elon-musk/