Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints - The Texas Observer
Texas workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s willingness and ability to crack down on scofflaw employers has been relatively minimal. Now, rates of suspected wage theft are increasing, and the state labor law enforcement system is straining to keep up.
How Texas Localities Have (and Haven’t) Spent Settlement Funds to Fight the Opioid Crisis - The Texas Observer
In the coming years, Texas is set to receive billions of dollars to address the ongoing opioid crisis that has taken the lives of more than 10,000 Texans between 2020 and 2023, per state data. Already, the state has allocated over $100 million in funds to cities and counties. Some local governments have begun to use the money, while others haven’t spent a dime.
Undocumented Workers Lose Millions to Wage-Theft — It’s Getting Worse During the Pandemic - El Faro English
Looking around the Home Depot parking lot on an early morning in May, Camilo notices faces of desperation among the few dozen workers. He listens, depending on the morning, to conversations about last night’s soccer game, or the latest gossip about the worker across the parking lot. Sometimes, there’s just silence, which is broken up as the workers flock towards a pick-up truck pulling into the lot. Two people might get in the truck and leave to complete a day’s labor. The rest go back to waiting. It is 5:30 a.m, and the morning has just started.
UNDOCUMENTED DAY LABORERS STRUGGLE DURING CORONAVIRUS CRISIS - Latin America News Dispatch
Jornaleros, as day laborers are called in Spanish, are used to uncertainty. But the coronavirus has taken away what semblance of routine they had. Instead of working for a labor staffing agency, jornaleros wait for work by standing at esquinas, the Spanish word for corners, where they wait for contractors to pick them up.
Podcasts emerge to educate and empower Latin American communities about COVID-19 - Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
While the pandemic becomes part of people’s daily lives all around the world, media outlets and individuals are creating podcasts to educate their communities about COVID-19. Podcast creators from Brazil, Chile, El Salvador and the United States are taking different creative approaches to personalizing their audio content around COVID-19 and explaining the pandemic in ways that are easier for audiences to understand.
MAURICIO CALLEJAS PRESENTA SU QUINTO ÁLBUM: ‘CRISIS’ - El Mundo Newspaper
Mauricio Callejas, reconocido artista local de origen salvadoreño, anunció la presentación de ‘Crisis’, un nuevo disco que contiene doce canciones y es el quinto de su producción personal. El Mundo Newspaper conversó con él para conocer su mensaje de primera mano.
INDOCUMENTADA EN SANTUARIO SE LIBRA DE MULTA - El Mundo Newspaper
Durante su estancia en la St. Andrews Presbyterian Church con su hijo Iván, la inmigrante guatemalteca Hilda Ramírez recibió una notificación del Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) en la que le comunicaban que había sido multada con 304,000 dólares por desafiar diversas órdenes de deportación en su contra.
ALIVIO TEMPORAL PARA SALVADOREÑOS - El Mundo Newspaper
El pasado 28 de octubre, el presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele anunció la extensión de los permisos de trabajo para sus connacionales que viven en territorio estadounidense beneficiados con el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS), hasta el 4 de enero del 2021.
APROBADO PLAN INMOBILIARIO ‘4700 RIVERSIDE - El Mundo Newspaper
El pasado jueves 17 de octubre, el Concejo de Austin aprobó el desarrollo del proyecto inmobiliario ‘4700 Riverside’, que reemplazará a 1,308 unidades de vivienda de los complejos de apartamentos Ballpark North, Town Lake, Quad West, East y South en la intersección de Riverside y South Pleasant Valley.
DISPUTA POR EL DESTINO DE UN TRAMO DE LA E. RIVERSIDE - El Mundo Newspaper
Después de meses de discusión, el futuro de los residentes de un tramo de la East Riverside estará en manos del Concejo de Austin. El jueves 17 de octubre votarán para aprobar o denegar el proyecto ‘4700 Riverside’, que los residentes del área conocen como ‘Domain on Riverside’
LA ESQUINA QUE NO DESCANSA - El Mundo Newspaper
Si alguna vez cruzó la intersección de la Lamar Blvd. y la Rundberg Ln. y vio a un hombre lleno de energía corriendo, bailando y haciendo ejercicio, usted conoce a ‘The Running Man’. Lo llaman así tras hacerse conocido por correr en esa intersección durante más de una década.