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Bill increases Michigan minimum wage to $10 an hour
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers have introduced more legislation to raise Michigan's minimum wage to $10 an hour over three years. The current state minimum wage is $7.40 per hour. The main sponsors of the legislation announced...
Tags: Republican Party, Rick Snyder, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Nick's Patio settles pregnancy discrimination lawsuit
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND -- A popular 24-hour restaurant must change the way it treats its employees, especially women, after a discrimination lawsuit. Nick's Patio recently agreed to pay a former employee thousands of dollars to make up for what happened when her...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Discrimination, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Laws
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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: Sexual Misconduct, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Laws, Lawyers
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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: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, National Rifle Association of America, Parties and Movements, Woody Burton
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Bill would require armed employees in public, charter schools
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Putting guns in schools for the safety of students and staff is an issue that moved to the forefront after the events at Sandy Hook Elementary. Now, weapons in the learning environment may become a reality in Indiana. On Tuesday, an...Tags: Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at School
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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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Ind. Gov. Pence against school guns mandate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday he believed local school officials should make decisions about school security, separating himself from a legislative proposal that would require all public and charter schools have an...
Tags: Government, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers, Laws
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Ind. schools chief leery of armed school staffers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's state schools superintendent signaled her opposition Wednesday to a plan that would require public and charter schools to have an employee armed with a loaded gun, saying such decisions should be made by the...
Tags: Firearms, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America, Crime, Law and Justice, Teachers
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Judge: Ind. senators can't defend immigration law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rebuffed three Indiana lawmakers who asked to defend parts of the state's immigration law in court after the attorney general declined to do so. U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker, who has barred...Tags: Ottawa Senators, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Lawyers, U.S. Supreme Court
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Mich. now right-to-work; effects will be delayed
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A right-to-work law is on the books in Michigan, a mainstay of organized labor, but those considering opting out of paying union dues will have to wait months or years to do so. The law, which lets workers choose not to pay...Tags: Ford, Government, Automotive Equipment, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws
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Mich. courts weigh suits against right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several courts are weighing a host of legal questions about Michigan's right-to-work law, including how it was passed and how it will affect tens of thousands of public workers, however, none were expected to issue rulings...Tags: Government, Republican Party, Civil and Public Service, Parties and Movements, Rick Snyder
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Administrators armed in W. Colo. school district
DENVER (AP) — As lawmakers across the country debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school district has voted to let its superintendent and a high school principal carry concealed semi-...
Tags: Government, Gun Control, Firearms, Shootings, Weaponry
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