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Groups organize to end child labor in the food industry
New national campaign targets top meat processors Perdue, JBS, Tyson, and Cargill for child labor violations. Effort includ ...
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Federal Grants to Fight Child Labor Worldwide Axed in DOGE Cuts
But billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency terminated all of ILAB's grants, according to the DOGE ...
Federal grants to fight child labour worldwide are axed in DOGE cuts
The Trump administration, under Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, has cancelled millions in grants aimed at ...
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How much it costs to raise a child in the US
More recent data suggests that costs have continued to rise since then. A 2023 study by LendingTree estimated that the average annual cost of raising a child has climbed to $21,681, a 19% increase ...
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Dropping minors’ working restrictions gets first House committee approval
A Florida House committee approved a bill to eliminate key child labor protections, in the measure’s first sign of life in ...
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Florida Child Labor Bill Would Now Let 13-Year-Olds Work—Because of Lawmaker's Son
TALLAHASSEE—Children as young as 13 could enter the Florida workforce after a sweeping bill loosening child labor laws ...
As COVID spread, so did fraud. Minnesota saw a lot of it.
Minnesota had the nation’s largest pandemic-related fraud in the Feeding Our Future fiasco. But grifters absconded with millions more in dozens of unrelated cases.
Will Florida teens be replacement workers for deported immigrants? What to know about child labor bill
A year after Florida approved a bill to loosen child labor laws, another one is advancing through the state Senate. Here's what to know about SB 918 ...