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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Chuck Grassley
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Indiana governor signs $30B state budget into law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence signed Indiana's new two-year, $30 billion budget into law Wednesday, praising its tax relief measures and other provisions as incentives that would lure new investment and jobs to the state. The Republican...Tags: Government, Diabetes, Regional Authority, Mitch Daniels, Business
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Walorski joins fellow Republicans, votes in favor of overtime bill
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski voted this week in favor of a bill that would allow private-sector employees to trade overtime pay for paid time off at the same rate of 1.5 hours per hour of overtime worked. The bill passed by a vote of 223-204 with mostly...Tags: Employees, U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Career and Workplace, Elections
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1-day fast food worker strike comes to Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Workers at a fast food restaurant on Detroit's east side have walked off the job as part of an effort to push for higher wages. Detroit pastor Charles Williams II says workers want $15 and hour, better working conditions and the...Tags: Strikes, Career and Workplace, McDonald's
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Granger restaurant shows support for breastfeeding moms after customer complaint
WSBT-TVGRANGER – A popular Granger restaurant extends an olive branch to nursing mothers after an incident last Sunday left many of them outraged. A customer complained about a woman breastfeeding her child in the dining area. That's when an employee...Tags: Employees, Event Planning, Career and Workplace, Medical Specialization, Services and Shopping
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Nick's Patio settles lawsuit that alleged pregnancy discrimination
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A local restaurant has agreed to settle a lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed on behalf of two women who said they were discriminated against when they told management they were pregnant. Nick’s Patio, a...Tags: Judges, Sexual Misconduct, Feminism, Discrimination, Employment Opportunities
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Indiana panel poised to drop school guns mandate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A proposal to require a gun-carrying employee in all of Indiana's public and charter schools seemed on the verge of being dropped by legislators Monday. The chairman of the House committee currently considering the bill said he...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America, Mike Pence, NAACP
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Indiana legislators taking up school guns debate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators are set to again take up a proposal that would require all public and charter schools have an employee armed with a loaded gun during school hours. The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled on Monday...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Employees, Charter Schools, Career and Workplace
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Bill grants Indiana tuition for some immigrants
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators have approved allowing in-state tuition rates for people who entered the country illegally and were attending a public college when a state immigration law passed two years ago. The Senate voted 34-15 Monday...Tags: Immigration, Career and Workplace, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Michigan prevails in lawsuit over girl's 2008 death
CENTREVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Child welfare workers can't be sued in the death of a southwestern Michigan teen who perished in a fire, even if they knew she was regularly tied to her bed by her parents, a federal appeals court said. A three-judge...
Tags: Judges, Career and Workplace, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Report: Many Ind. districts flout law on contracts
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — More than 25 percent of Indiana school superintendents do not comply with a year-old state law requiring them to post their employment contracts on their districts' websites, a report Sunday said. The Evansville Courier &...Tags: Government, Judges, Mitch Daniels, Career and Workplace, Lawyers
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Pa. abortion trial: Assistant gave anesthesia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman trained only as a medical assistant told jurors Wednesday that she gave anesthesia, set dosing amounts and performed ultrasounds when she worked at a now-shuttered abortion clinic whose owner is charged with killing a...Tags: Abortion, Demerol (drug), Procedural Sedation, Criminal Laws, Medical Procedures and Tests
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