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Labor
Hawaii Risks Economic Catastrophe With $18 Minimum Wage
Governor David Ige (D-Hawaii) signed the first legislation across any state to raise its state minimum wage to $18/hour. This hike in Hawaii’s minimum wage will have disastrous consequences for the Hawaiian economy. According to Maui Chamber of Commerce President Pamela Tumpap, more than 20% of businesses within Hawaii stated…
Antitrust
Klobuchar Pet Project Floor Vote Delayed Once Again
Chaos surrounding the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” (S. 2992) has forced lawmakers to push back a potential vote on the bill until July at the earliest. This decision comes despite Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) promising a vote on the legislation by early summer. This delay comes amidst a…
Antitrust
Coalition Letter Proves Rent-Seeking Competitors, Not Consumers, Support Klobuchar’s Antitrust Pet Project
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) published a letter from 60 “small” and “medium” sized tech companies in support of S. 2992, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. Klobuchar has touted the letter as evidence that grassroots momentum exists to ram her bill through Congress before the midterms. The reality is…
Antitrust
Chaos Engulfs Klobuchar’s Pet Project At Eleventh Hour
Several Senate Democrats sent a letter to Sen. Amy Klobuchar requesting an amendment to the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” (S. 2992) that would make it easier to continue censoring conservatives online. To be clear the bill, as currently drafted, does nothing to address Big Tech’s censorship of…
Antitrust
US Chamber of Commerce and 175 State & Local Chambers of Commerce Oppose Radical Antitrust Bill
Today, the US Chamber of Commerce published a coalition letter alongside 175 state and local chambers of commerce from 46 different states opposing the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” (S. 2992). The Chamber is only the latest of a wide range of individuals and groups on both sides of the…
Antitrust
BAD BOSS: 10 Examples of FTC Chair Lina Khan’s “Abusive, Tyrannical” Regime
Last week, MLEX released a report documenting Lina Khan’s highly abrasive management style as Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair. The MLEX report documents a workplace environment within the FTC of fear, distrust and anxiety that has driven some of the most experienced and knowledgeable FTC staffers out of the agency. The…
Antitrust
Senate Dems Pump Brakes on Klobuchar Antitrust Pet Project As Time Runs Out
In a letter to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), four Senate Democrats raised a “significant issue” with the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” (S. 2992). Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) are concerned that the bill would “hinder content moderation practices”…
Antitrust
Mass Exodus At FTC Over Lina Khan’s “Abusive,” “Tyrannical” Leadership
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan’s lack of management experience continues to result in disastrous consequences within the FTC. An already vast, but still growing, number of FTC staff members are opting to leave the agency in light of Chair Khan’s leadership style that FTC personnel are labeling as …