Shutdown threat: The federal government edged closer to a shutdown after Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, said the stopgap bill to fund the government for six months did ...

Bill Simmons, five years after Spotify bought his media startup The Ringer for about $250 million in cash, is staying on with the streaming giant. Simmons has renewed his contract with Spotify and ...

Bill Simmons is sticking around at Spotify. The podcast host and media executive said in a statement Wednesday that he has agreed to a new contract at the Swedish audio streaming giant. Simmons ...

JP McManus will hope to bolster his billionaire ... just something that would pay my hotel bill for the week. It's hard for me to get on, anyway. It can frustrate you a bit, not being able to ...

House Republicans are racing to pass their bill by 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday to avert a government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation Tuesday afternoon. The chamber voted 216-214 to ...

Supporters of House File 1430 say the measure is intended to expand a social worker’s ability to treat clients. The bill has already passed the House. Currently, licensed social workers in North ...

Lawmakers are considering the creation of a training program to help police partner with social workers on mental health-related calls. The bill seeks to build off programs already in place at ...

According to two initiatives filed with the city of Tacoma last month, activists want to establish a Worker’s Bill of Rights, which would raise the minimum wage in Tacoma, give workers more ...

Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats are ready to seize on the first big leverage point of President Donald Trump’s second term, lining up against a bill to avert a government shutdown this week.

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. Overall, the measure would boost defense spending by $6 ...

Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday. By Catie ...