A recent fundraiser for Democrat Kathleen Clyde was hosted by a man with a domestic violence conviction. Louis Giavasis, who currently serves as the Stark County Clerk of Courts, was convicted of domestic violence in 1995.
Why did Kathleen Clyde allow a convicted domestic abuser to host a fundraiser for her? Will she give Louis Giavasis’ money back and denounce him?
By: SARAH SKIDMORE SELL, AP
The contentious tax overhaul is beginning to deliver a change that many will welcome — bigger paychecks.
Workers are starting to see more take-home pay as employers implement the new withholding guidelines from the IRS, which dictate how much employers withhold from pay for federal taxes. Those whose checks have remained the same shouldn’t fret — employers have until Feb. 15 to make the changes.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has estimated that the new rules will mean more take-home pay for about 90 percent of American workers.
The numbers: The U.S. created 200,000 new jobs in the first month of 2018, showing that companies are still hungry to hire more than eight years after an economic expansion began. Even better, worker pay also rose at the fastest yearly pace since 2009.
The increase in hiring exceeded Wall Street’s forecast. Economists polled by MarketWatch had predicted a 190,000 increase in nonfarm jobs.
Unemployment remained at a 17-year low of 4.1%, the government said Friday.
The big news is rising worker pay.
Average hourly wages jumped 9 cents, or 0.3%, to $26.74. That pushed the yearly increase to 2.9% from 2.6%, marking the highest level since the end of the Great Recession in June 2009.
By: SARAH SKIDMORE SELL, AP
The contentious tax overhaul is beginning to deliver a change that many will welcome — bigger paychecks.
Workers are starting to see more take-home pay as employers implement the new withholding guidelines from the IRS, which dictate how much employers withhold from pay for federal taxes. Those whose checks have remained the same shouldn’t fret — employers have until Feb. 15 to make the changes.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has estimated that the new rules will mean more take-home pay for about 90 percent of American workers.
300 firms giving tax cut bonus, Costco dismisses Pelosi’s ‘crumbs’ attack
By: Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner
February 1, 2018
The number of companies offering employees higher wages, expanded insurance and retirement benefits and cash bonuses up to $3,000 has surged to about 300 as more see benefits from the new GOP tax cuts.
The payouts, praised by President Trump, are going to some 3 million employees.
Not only are companies crediting Trump in their announcements, one major employer, Costco, disputed Democratic sneers that the bonuses are “crumbs” and hide bigger profits.
During a shareholders meeting this week, Costco chief Craig Jelinek said the attack by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was not “thoughtful.”
According to the National Center for Public Policy Research, the comments came in response to a question from their counsel Justin Danhof. What’s more, said Danhof, Jelinek said that critics were just “throwing stuff out there.”
The Costco executive noted that the wholesaler pays higher than average wages and added that the tax cuts may benefit customers.
The growing list of companies paying so-called “Trump bonuses” is at 297, according to list keeper Americans for Tax Reform and ATR Vice President John Kartch.
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