Here are the $6.6 billion pensions paid out to Massachusetts public employee retirees. It’s all part of the Herald’s 19th ...

U.S. nonfarm payrolls grew by 64K in November, topping the 40K consensus and rebounding from a 105K decline in October, which is also an initial estimate, according to data released by the Bureau of ...

Rep. Shaun Scott, D-43. A newly proposed payroll tax would add new costs for large businesses in Washington state. But Rep. Shaun Scott, a Seattle Democrat sponsoring the bill, argues it would protect ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue’s Mayor acknowledges Seattle tax policy has benefitted her city and should serve as a warning sign for Washington lawmakers who dare consider a new statewide payroll tax.

OLYMPIA – With about a month to go before the 2026 legislative session, progressive lawmakers in Olympia rolled out a new revenue proposal Tuesday that targets Washington’s largest employers with a 5% ...

Monsanto to pay Illinois up to $280 million, West Virginia up to $60.5 million for PCB claims PCBs linked to cancer, banned in 1979, Monsanto produced until 1977 Monsanto has settled similar claims ...

Washington state Democratic lawmakers are mulling plans for new taxes to help the state resolve a persistent budget shortfall. On Dec. 2, first-term state Rep. Shaun Scott of Seattle held a news ...

The 6-3 decision could impact at least eight prior verdicts now on appeal before the Washington Supreme Court involving similar lawsuits, all brought by teachers, students and parents who alleged PCB ...

The New York Mets had MLB's largest 2025 payroll on opening day, according to MLB's present-day calculations obtained by USA TODAY Sports. The Los Angeles Dodgers, thanks largely to Shohei Ohtani's ...

Microsoft is warning of an active scam that diverts employees’ paycheck payments to attacker-controlled accounts after first taking over their profiles on Workday or other cloud-based HR services.

A cybercrime gang tracked as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees in the United States to hijack salary payments in "pirate payroll" attacks since March 2025. Microsoft Threat ...

US job growth cooled notably last month while the unemployment rate rose to the highest since 2021, fanning concerns the labor market may be on the cusp of a more significant deterioration. Nonfarm ...