Law enforcement have now arrested a FOX 7 Austin photographer.

TW: Anti-trans violence

We are devastated and heartbroken to hear about the brutal murder of Andrea Doria Dos Passos, a 37-year old transgender woman, who was attacked in her sleep yesterday in front of the Miami City Ballet in Miami Beach.

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Today, we're releasing a new video that highlights a little-known but highly-consequential movement:

The push by far-right groups to radically rewrite the Constitution.

The situation in Port-au-Prince has deteriorated to the point that people can’t access daily medication needed for chronic conditions and the U.S. just resumed deportation flights to Haiti. Almost 50 Haitians were deported last Friday.

There’s yet another abortion case before SCOTUS this week because of the antics of anti-abortion state legislators in Idaho. The fact that this case made it all the way before SCOTUS shows the influence state legislatures have in our day-to-day lives. 🧵cbsnews.com/news/supreme-c…

We spoke to Shawn Fain about division: 'That's how this class war has been fought over the last 40 years. That's how the billionaire class and the corporate class have taken everything is because they've done a masterful job at dividing the masses, at dividing the working class.'

'It doesn't make sense that they would cover one of my children and not the other,' Navas says.

The Navas family are among millions of Americans caught in the bumpy Medicaid unwinding, playing out across the country over the past year.

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To recap,FTC's rule banning non-competes is expected to:
💸 Increase wages up to $488B
❤️‍🩹Reduce healthcare costs up to $194B
🚀Result in 8,500 new business starts per year

Tremendous W for American workers and entrepreneurs, any way you slice it.
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The FTC rule banning non-competes is expected to result in:
- $400B in wage increases
- $196B in reduced healthcare costs
- 29,000 new patents per year
- 8,500 new business starts per year

Republican Commissioners voted against it. The Chamber of Commerce is suing to block it.

FTC announces rule banning #noncompetes : bit.ly/4daBHsY /1

'Supreme Court justices expressed concern about punishing homeless people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go while also struggling w/how to ensure local and state leaders have the flexibility to deal with the growing number of unhoused individuals nationwide.'

NEW: Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the U.S. and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime under a special Visa

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Fain: We found ourselves facing a new enemy, a new authoritarian threat. But it wasn't some faraway country or some other state. It was right here at home in our workplaces. And that enemy is corporate greed...So today from Chattanooga, TN, to Chicago, IL -- we say HELL NO!

ICYMI: A Florida bill that prevents local governments from mandating heat safety protections for workers almost didn't pass.

Records show, business lobbyists scrambled to get it across the finish line.

“I haven’t texted you in weeks—HEAT cannot die” orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-l…

Thank you to everyone who attended a Super Saturday event today!! Look out for more information on May's Super Saturday! This movement is all gas no breaks Yes on 4 Florida

HOT LABOR SOUTH

In a historic victory, an overwhelming majority of Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have voted to join the UAW.

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And AHCA requested $558k and 4 positions for FY 2024-25 to implement the hospital data collection mandated by SB 1718. #FlaPol #sayfie #Immigrants

🧵This Saturday, Iowa farmers will join state legislators for a community meeting to share with FTC Chair, Lina Khan, what the acquisition of Iowa Fertilizer Company by Koch Industries means for farmers and the future of rural communities.

A Louisiana House committee has voted to repeal a law requiring employers to give child workers lunch breaks.

Rep. Roger Wilder sponsored the child labor bill, and owns Smoothie Kings across the South.

He says people are too critical of his bill.
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