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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A wealthy campaign donor of California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Panera Bread restaurants he owns will start paying workers at least $20 an hour on April 1 after controversy over whether a new state minimum wage law for fast food workers applies to his businesses.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in California are criticizing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom because a new law he signed to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers includes an exception that benefits one of his wealthy campaign donors.
Every so often, Matthew Hurtt receives concerning emails. The subject lines are each slightly different: "Stop charging my account," "Urgent!" and "Donation not approved," but the people who send them all want the same thing: to halt the Republican political contribution platform WinRed from making any more automatic, recurring withdrawals from their accounts. Hurtt is chairman of the Virginia-based Arlington County Republican Committee and says he's reviewed a "few dozen" of these types of emails since the 2020 election. When WinRed processes a contribution to a Republican campaign, the charge shows up on the donor's credit card or bank statement as a payment to "WINRED www.GOP.com, Arlington VA," according to a statement provided by Hurtt and reviewed by CNBC. As a result, people often mistaken
Donald Trump on Wednesday stepped up his attacks on Nikki Haley as he issued a threat to every single person who donates to her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
In his gloating victory speech at the New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump took a moment to hype an ally seated nearby: Steve Wynn, a billionaire former casino operator whose alleged attempts to lobby Trump on behalf of the Chinese government are a classic example of the Trump administration’s chaos.
There is little doubt 2024 will be a consequential year as we enter a presidential election that will decide the future of American democracy. But while the race for the presidency will capture most of the headlines, a darker and more subtle governmental force continues to churn out devastating decisions that chip away at our fundamental freedoms.