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Indiana's December jobless rate rose to 8.2 percent
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's unemployment rate grew slightly in December to 8.2 percent even though state officials say the state added 8,300 private sector jobs. Figures released Friday by the state Department of Workforce Development show...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Unemployment, Employment
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Snyder, Mich. lawmakers face tough road funding choices
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder was preparing Tuesday to ask legislators for billions of dollars to repair Michigan's pothole-riddled roads and aging bridges, a politically delicate task made even tougher by Republicans' aversion to higher...
Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Labor Legislation, Republican Party, Politics
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New Mich. law makes it easier to erase juvenile crimes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to make it easier for people to wipe juvenile crimes off their record. The new law will allow people to go to court to erase up to three offenses a year after the case is closed,...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Juvenile Delinquency, Rick Snyder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Blue Cross overhaul back on legislative burner
JEFF KAROUB,Associated PressLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan officials hoped to start the new year with an operational overhaul that included ending its tax-exempt status, changing how it's regulated and transforming itself from a charitable trust to...Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Abortion, Politics, Rick Snyder
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Instead of furloughs, Elkhart now about to hire
ELKHART – What a difference the new year makes. Late last year, Elkhart’s mayor planned on implementing furlough days for all city employees, forcing them to take some unpaid days off, to help balance the 2013 budget. Now, Mayor Dick Moore...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Boss: Grandfather of abducted LaGrange County boy model employee
CLARISSA, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota dairyman says he was stunned to learn that one of his workers is accused of abducting his 5-year-old grandson from his LaGrange County home nearly 20 years ago in an Indiana custody dispute. Patrick Lunemann of...
Tags: Employees
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pneumonia, Elk Grove Village (Cook, Illinois), Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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Judge dismisses Notre Dame lawsuit regarding birth control mandate
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the University of Notre Dame challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide birth-control coverage. The lawsuit, filed...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Timothy Geithner, Abortion, Politics, Laws
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Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report
Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be...
Tags: Politics, Laws, Breastfeeding, Interior Policy, Social Services
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Ex-NW Ind. coroner faces February corruption sentence
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A former northwest Indiana county coroner convicted on public corruption charges could face up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced next month. A federal judge in Hammond announced Monday that former Lake County Coroner...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder vetoes gun legislation
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have allowed concealed weapons in churches, schools and daycare centers, days after a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that weighed heavily on his mind....
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Weaponry, Separation of Church and State, Executive Branch
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UPDATE: 400 AM General workers being laid off again
About 400 employees at AM General walked into work today only to learn that they won't have a job to come back to after Christmas – At least not for a while. AM General, maker of Humvees, is temporarily laying off workers at its military...
Tags: Labor Markets, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs, Labor Legislation, Unemployment
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