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Hiltzik: How the Fast Food Industry Uses Fraudulent Employment Numbers

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The fast food industry has been wringing its hands over the devastating impact on its business from California’s new minimum wage law on its workers. Their raw numbers certainly bear this out. A full-page ad recently placed in USA Today by the California Business and Industry Alliance claimed that about 10,000 fast food jobs had … Read more

Before you head to Galveston Beach, beware of these sea creatures, water safety hazards

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HUSTON – Hello, from your fellow Houstonian! I know it’s already hot in Texas as we prepare for the intense summer and humid heat we are blessed with every year. Apparently it’s getting hotter as we get older — or is it just me? Anyway, I wasn’t much of a beach girl growing up, but … Read more