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Voters to decide whether to add collective bargaining to constitution
In three weeks voters in Michigan will have to decide whether to include collective bargaining rights in their state constitution. It is one of the most controversial items on the ballot and could have a major impact on Michigan. Here is what voters...
Tags: Politics, Voting, Employees, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Gun industry thrives during Obama's term in office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association four years ago that he would be the "most anti-gun president in American history." He hasn't pressed such...
Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Weaponry, Gun Control, Corporate Officers
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Smoking ban sponsor doesn't like lawsuit deal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A deal struck by the Indiana attorney general's office to dismiss a legal challenge to the state's new smoking restrictions law doesn't square with the law's intent, its main sponsor said Friday. An American Legion post in...
Tags: Lawyers, Civil Laws, American Legion, Laws, Justice System
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Superintendents worry about bullying ban paperwork
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The president of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents says a rewritten statewide ban on bullying is an "administrative nightmare" for public schools. Michael Faulk told the Board of Elementary and Secondary...Tags: Bullying, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Police across Michigan conducting sex offender sweep
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies across Michigan are conducting their ninth annual statewide sex offender sweep. Operation Verify runs through Oct. 30. The Michigan Sex Offenders Registration Act requires registered sex offenders...Tags: Career and Workplace
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State warns candidates not to misplace their signs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Department of Transportation is warning political candidates to keep their campaign signs out of the rights of way of state and federal highways. INDOT says in a news release that state law gives highway workers...Tags: Career and Workplace
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Social Security benefits to go up by 1.7 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year. The increase, which starts in January, is tied to a measure of inflation released Tuesday. It shows that inflation has...
Tags: Government Health Care, Washington, DC, Prices, Consumer Confidence, Employees
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Judge allows union suit against Indiana right-to-work law
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A judge has rejected Indiana's bid to throw out a union challenge to the state's right-to-work law. The Times of Munster reported Thursday that (http://bit.ly/RbEh3b) Lake Circuit Judge George Paras ruled the suit brought...Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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South Bend's teachers to get one-time stipend
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- It's not exactly a raise, but South Bend teachers are each getting a one-time stipend of $1,150. At its Monday evening meeting, the school board approved a contract with the teacher's union -- effective retroactively from Aug. 16, 2012,...Tags: Teachers, Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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Mourdock-Donnelly campaigns spend over $8M on TV ads
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana has quickly become a major battleground in the race for control of the U.S. Senate, with national Republicans and Democrats forking over more cash this week to tea party favorite Richard Mourdock and Democrat Joe Donnelly....
Tags: Richard Lugar, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Toll Road crash leaves 2 dead; may have been caused by erratic speeder
MICHIGAN CITY – Indiana State Police say two people are dead after a crash on the Toll Road near Michigan City late Tuesday morning. The accident happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. EST in the westbound lanes near mile marker 39 at the Michigan...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Cape Coral (Lee, Florida), Highway Transportation, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Career and Workplace
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Outside money fills airwaves in tight Senate races
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Campaign cash from outside political groups is flooding into conservative states with close Senate races like Indiana, Arizona and Montana, where residents are more accustomed to local news promos between football games than...Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, NCIS (tv program), Voting, Dan Coats
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