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Texas’ unemployment rate is among the nation’s worst — but experts say it signals a growing economy

The state has yet to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rate of about 3.5%, even as it leads the country in new jobs created. However, state economic experts say the unemployment rate is an indicator of Texas’s rapidly growing population and labor force.

The Texas Tribune

Sunak ‘not sharing’ Covid WhatsApp texts ‘a disgrace straight from Boris playbook’

The criticism came after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he could not provide his WhatsApp messages from the pandemic because he failed to back them up

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak fails to hand over pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry

Rishi Sunak has told the Covid-19 inquiry that he is unable to provide WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor during the pandemic because…

The National (Scotland)

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Sunak fails to share pandemic WhatsApp texts with Covid inquiry – report

Prime minister’s comments come as second stage of Covid inquiry set to begin

The Independent UK

Rising Black suicide rate demands attention

African Americans are the only racial or ethnic group in Cook County whose suicide rates are now higher than they were at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sunak fails to hand over pandemic WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry – reports

The Prime Minister said that he does ‘not have access’ to the messages as he changed his phone several times, The Guardian has reported.

The Independent UK

Report paints a portrait of Chicago’s cultural arts scene in ‘crisis’ post-pandemic

But there is hope, too, according to the report. It shows small- and medium-budget organizations saw a slight increase in average staff sizes. BIPOC organizations also grew their companies with the addition of full-and part-time employees.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Sunak fails to hand WhatsApp messages from time as chancellor to Covid inquiry

Exclusive: PM claims he has changed phone since running the Treasury and did not back up the messages

The Guardian - UK

One in five UK adults believe they have been monitored by an employer

Exclusive: Survey comes as unions say workplace surveillance increased during the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Guardian Essential poll: yes vote gains ground but no still ahead on Indigenous voice

Latest survey suggests 28% of voters remain in play as Anthony Albanese says one-on-one chats will shape referendum outcome

The Guardian - AU

Medicine Nobel for the technology that turned the pandemic

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel for mRNA vaccine discoveries: Hungarian biochemist Karikó and American physician-scientist Weissman win Nobel for discoveries enabling development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Their work overcame hurdles to allow mRNA to enter body without setting off alarm bells, paving way for vaccines against other diseases.

The Hindu

Scientists behind mRNA Covid-19 vaccine win Nobel Prize

Dr Katalin Kariko and Dr Drew Weissman awarded prize for role in helping to end pandemic

Evening Standard

Are blue zones real or a health grift?

Regions where living to 100 isn't uncommon have captivated longevity experts. Here's what the evidence says

Salon

Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here's what you need to know

Federal student loan borrowers will need to start making payments again this month after a three-year-plus pause due to the pandemic

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Government ‘should make specific law to protect shop workers’

A survey found that incidents of violence and abuse nearly doubled in 2021-22 compared with before the pandemic.

The Guardian - US

The hidden cost of a shutdown: America’s battle with food insecurity

The farm bill, which finances Snap benefits, must be renewed by Congress this year, as a rising number of Americans are going hungry

Chicago Sun-Times

Black Cook County residents face scarcity of mental health resources as their suicide rates remain high after the pandemic

The county’s Black residents are the only racial group whose suicide rates are higher now than before the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Borrowers are reassessing their budgets as student loan payments resume after pandemic pause

Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars a month

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The Guardian - UK

‘Costs are out of control’: small UK music venues struggle to stay open

Music Venue Trust says 127 grassroots sites have closed or stopped offering music since last summer

Newslaundry

TV Newsance 228: Vivek Agnihotri’s The Vaccine War promotions aka fact-free primetime TV interviews

It’s that time of the year when our usual suspects turn into marketing agents for the promotion of Vivek Agnihotri’s latest film. While Manipur simmered with tension, and BJP MP Ramesh Bhiduri got “rewarded” for his communal tirade in the Parliament, our primetime TV news anchors were busy promoting The…

Evening Standard

Soaring wage bill hits profits at Groucho Club as new owners take charge

Underlying earnings at the Soho haunt fell 41% to £1 million last year, despite the venue being able to return to near normal trading after the pandemic

The Guardian - UK

UK economy makes stronger recovery from pandemic than first thought

Revisions to figures show stronger performance than Germany and France but momentum starts to stall

WEKU

Overworked and understaffed: Kaiser workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers at hundreds of U.S. facilities could go on strike for three days starting Wednesday, in the largest health care strike in the county's history.

Evening Standard

UK economy larger than thought, updated 2023 GDP figures confirm, with Q1 revised upwards

The ONS had already revised the UK’s GDP for 2021 dramatically upwards, so an unchanged growth rate means a larger economy than first thought

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak set to preside over biggest tax-raising parliament on record, say experts

By the time of the next general election, taxes will likely have risen to around 37% of national income, according to analysis by the IFS

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