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Did Julie Su Lie to the Senate?

August 31, 2023 3:34 pmAugust 31, 2023 3:34 pm

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su may have lied to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during her once-meaningful confirmation hearing in April. And countless times before – and after – that. At issue is her claim that...

California State Auditor Rates Unemployment Agency ‘High Risk’

August 25, 2023 3:05 pmAugust 25, 2023 3:48 pm

The California State Auditor’s Office has slapped the omni-shambles Employment Development Department, California’s unemployment agency with a “high risk” rating, meaning that the “likelihood of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement or the likelihood of impaired economy, efficiency, or effectiveness causing...

Intel Announces 140 More Job Cuts In Latest California Tech Sector Layoffs

August 18, 2023 11:56 amAugust 18, 2023 11:56 am

Mass tech layoffs returned to the Bay Area on Thursday following a relatively calm summer, with Intel announcing that an additional 140 employees are to be let go by the end of the month. Beginning in October of last year,...

GAO Reviewing Su’s Secretary Status

July 17, 2023 5:17 pmJuly 17, 2023 5:25 pm

The federal General Accountability Office (GAO) has begun a review of the legal status of Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s continuance in the position. In other words, the GAO will determine exactly how long Su – whose nomination for...

Up To 2.8 Million Californians To Lose Medi-Cal Coverage Over Income Verifications

July 17, 2023 11:37 amJuly 17, 2023 11:37 am

The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) is expected to lose between 1.8 million and 2.8 million of their roughly 15 million enrollees by the end of 2024, according to a new report released on Monday, with verifications resuming this week...

The Pandemic Wiped Out 3 Million Jobs in California

July 16, 2023 10:01 amJuly 16, 2023 10:02 am

The pandemic wiped out 3 million jobs in California. Then why did the Employment Development Department send out 9 million unemployment benefit debit cards? Since almost all of the cards were sent out in the first 10 months of the...

One Down, One to Go…

July 13, 2023 3:16 pmJuly 13, 2023 3:26 pm

Julie Su’s rough road to becoming the next Secretary of Labor just got even rougher – and narrower. West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin jumped off the Su fence and landed squarely on the “No” side Thursday afternoon, announcing he...