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The Boy Scouts of America are offering cash, artwork and other assets to sex-abuse victims under a bankruptcy plan filed Monday, an opening gambit by the youth group to move past the failures to protect children that have threatened its standing in American society.

By the end of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic eviscerated roughly 1.6 million jobs in California and slashed the value of business properties by more than 30%.

Spending on U.S. construction projects rose 1.7% in January as new home building continues to lift the sector.

Although the Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges that disadvantaged communities in America are disproportionately affected by pollution, hundreds of complaints sent to its civil rights office since the mid-1990s have only once resulted in a formal finding of discrimination.

Repetitive virtual meetings over the past year have sapped morale in many workplaces. So companies are hiring four-legged guests—sheep, goats, tortoises, llamas, bearded dragons and more—to paint smiles back on the faces of jaded employees.

Enacting a $15 minimum wage and eliminating the tipped wage credit would devastate our already ailing restaurant industry.

Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla, on what is attracting "hundreds of companies" and people to his state.

Costco will raise its minimum wage to $16 an hour starting next week, CEO Craig Jelinek said.

President Biden's interior secretary nominee, Democratic New Mexico Rep. Debra Haaland, on Wednesday conceded that shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline would cost jobs.

The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits remained elevated last week, Labor Department figures show.

With millions around the country calling for a $15 minimum wage, small business owners fear their businesses will be crippled while minimum wage workers have hope for better days ahead.

Some chains including Kroger Co. say they will close some stores in areas with new wage mandates, while others say they are boosting food prices or may cut back on services like checkouts.