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April 08, 2026

Today in 1935
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) is approved by Congress. President Franklin Roosevelt proposed the WPA during the Great Depression of the 1930s when almost 25 percent of Americans were unemployed. It created low-paying federal jobs providing immediate relief, putting 8.5 million jobless to work on projects ranging from construction of bridges, highways and public buildings to arts programs like the Federal Writers’ Project.

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NLRB Back in Business After Fired Member’s Reinstatement
Posted On: Mar 10, 2025
Mar. 10, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | The National Labor Relations Board issued its first rulings since a federal judge reinstated member Gwynne Wilcox, but it’s unclear how long the window for board action will remain open. The board was hobbled for more than a month because of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 termination of Wilcox, which Howell determined to be a “blatant violation of the law” in her ruling that said an “American President is not a king.” Bloomberg Law
 
 
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