The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts labor's share of GDP at 52.8% for the second quarter of 2026, the lowest since it started measuring in 1947. Corporate profits rose $400.9 billion in the same three months.
The 24% wholesale tax was supposed to send $420 million a year to Michigan roads. James told marijuana executives at their own fundraiser he wants it gone, then said so publicly weeks later. He has not said how he would replace the road money.
Hinson's Save Our Bacon Act would stop states from setting conditions on livestock products sold inside their borders. Iowa hog and dairy farmers stood in a field in Elkhart and said it would punish the producers who paid to meet California's standard.
America PAC has reported $5.1 million in independent spending this cycle. Eighteen Republicans with report cards on this site are the main beneficiaries — and nearly three-quarters of the money went to attack ads, not to making a case for them.
Abbott ordered the Texas Department of Insurance to act on home insurance costs on August 24, 2026, citing a 79% premium increase in six years. In 2025 his Legislature killed both bills that would have addressed it, insurance was not one of his seven emergency items, and it was not on his 18-item special session agenda either.
Votesafe.org, run by Musk's America PAC, collects your name, birthdate, home address, phone and every click. A privacy policy change on August 29, 2026 lets the PAC sell all of it, including whether you are registered and how you submit your vote, to 'business partners.'
Jackson Nurse Professionals settled a class action in 2022 for close to $2 million, covering about 300 workers who said the company shorted them on overtime, bonuses and the wages they were owed when they left.
Robert Skjonsberg has worked for Rounds for over a decade and is a registered South Dakota lobbyist for more than a dozen clients, among them Meta and Altria. Senate rules say a staffer at his pay grade may not affiliate with a firm that sells professional services — and he is listed as a co-owner of one.
Trump's super PAC put $10 million into Ken Paxton's Senate race and Elon Musk's PAC has spent $1.4 million more. Paxton's own campaign has spent about $264,000 on ads. Two men and a handful of billionaire-funded groups are paying for the rest.
