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Biden administration hikes pay for Head Start teachers to address workforce shortage
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce shortage. The administration's new rules, published Friday, will...
The US government wants to make it easier for you to click the 'unsubscribe' button
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring payment services. A broad new government initiative, dubbed “Time Is Money,"...
Biden administration goes bigger on funding apprenticeships, hoping to draw contrast with GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that it's providing $244 million to expand and update the federal government's registered apprenticeship program — an effort to bring more people into higher-paying work that doesn't require a college degree. White House...
