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Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Mon,07/29/24-11:16PM , 159 Reads
The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millenials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations.
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People sit on Hollywood Beach, July 2, 2020, in Hollywood, Fla. Florida’s population crossed the 23 million-residents mark for the first time last year due to the influx of people moving from other states, according to state demographic estimates. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)

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Florida's population passes 23 million for the first time due to residents moving from other states
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Tue,07/23/24-10:50AM , 206 Reads
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s population crossed the 23 million residents mark for the first time this year because of the influx of people moving from other states, according to state demographic estimates.
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ADD MORE LOCATIONS FILE - An envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident is seen, April 5, 2020, in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau on Monday, July 22, 2024, picked six locations for full-scale dress rehearsals to practice for the next U.S. head count in 2030, the largest peacetime mobilization in the U.S. which helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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US census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Mon,07/22/24-3:26PM , 275 Reads
Six places in the South and West will host practice runs four years prior to the 2030 U.S. census, a nationwide head count that helps determine political power and the distribution of federal funds.
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Michel Hausmann, co-founder and director of Miami New Drama, stands in the theater, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Miami Beach, Fla. The theater lost $150,000 this year after Gov. Ron De Santis vetoed $32 million in arts funding. Hundreds of arts and culture organizations in the state are scrambling to fill a budget gap in a move that advocates say is going to devastate arts and culture in the state. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Theater festivals offer to give up their grants if DeSantis restores funding for Florida arts groups
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Thu,07/11/24-1:47PM , 158 Reads
Leaders of two performing arts festivals said Thursday that they would gladly give up their grants if Florida Gov.
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