WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Labor Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. 19-24-005-03-315) on Sept. 11, 2024, entitled "Employment and Training Administration Did Not Ensure States Sufficiently Implemented Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation Program." Here are excerpts: * * * INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT To: Jose Javier Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210 The U.S. Department  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Maya M. Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about hate crime in the United States, including since October 7, 2023, and the federal gove  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following written testimony by Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, from a Sept. 17, 2024, hearing entitled "A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America": * * * Dear Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and the other honorable members of the Committee: My name is Kenneth Stern. I am the director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate1, which works to increase  more