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Indiana Statehouse ceremony honors late Gov. Bowen
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence bowed his head in silence Wednesday during a solemn Statehouse memorial for former Gov. Otis "Doc" Bowen as an honor guard posted in the domed Rotunda kept watch over the late governor's official state portrait...
Tags: AIDS, Family, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government, Regional Authority
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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: Bill Schuette, Parties and Movements, Separation of Church and State, Labor Legislation, Republican Party
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Pence salary of $111K highest for Indiana governor
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence's annual salary of $111,687 is the highest ever for an Indiana chief executive. Former Gov. Mitch Daniels earned $95,000 when he took office in 2005. Lawmakers then changed a law to increase the governor's...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Government, Politics, Regional Authority, Career and Workplace
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Lawsuit pending on domestic partner benefits ban
DETROIT (AP) — People who lost domestic partner benefits under a 2011 Michigan law say they're feeling the pinch as they wait months for a judge to decide whether the ban affecting public school and local government employees is unconstitutional....
Tags: Social Issues, Health and Safety at School, Labor Legislation, Politics, American Civil Liberties Union
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Mich. governor gets employee ideas for improving state
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder says state government employees are answering his call for ideas to help improve efficiency, customer service and their workplaces. Snyder's office on Wednesday announced the top submissions in the...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Government, Discovery Communications, Inc., Politics, Career and Workplace
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Michigan court: No fast track for benefits lawsuit
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court says a lawsuit challenging health insurance for the domestic partners of state employees won't be placed on a fast track. The court on Friday declined to take the case away from the Michigan...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Politics, Justice System
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Union suing to block Indiana right-to-work law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation. The International Union of Operating...Tags: Work Relations, Social Issues, Litigation, Labor Legislation, Medicaid
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State workers getting 3 pct. health fee returned
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Nearly 50,000 state workers are getting refunds on the 3 percent they've been paying for a year toward retiree health care costs. State budget director John Nixon estimates a worker making $50,000 a year will get back about $1,500....Tags: Rick Snyder, Health Insurance Cost, Government, Politics, Health and Safety at Work
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Mich. House votes to ban domestic partner benefits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans who control the Michigan Legislature have started another attempt to block the offering of taxpayer-paid health insurance to domestic partners living with public employees. The House passed legislation by a 64-44,...Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Michigan Legislature, Unions, Republican Party
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Michigan panel votes to ban domestic partner benefits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A committee in the Republican-led Michigan Senate has approved legislation aimed at blocking the offering of taxpayer-paid health insurance to domestic partners living with public employees. The measures advance to the...Tags: U.S. Senate, Government, Labor Legislation, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Michigan Senate considers domestic partner benefits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans in the Michigan Legislature are trying to overturn a decision to extend state-paid health insurance coverage to same-sex partners or other adults living with some state employees. The Republican-led Senate...Tags: Vehicles, Minority Groups, Unions, Michigan Legislature, Republican Party
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Indiana governor calls public unions 'elite'
CINCINNATI (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whose state Legislature is among those debating restrictions on collective bargaining, called public employee unions "the privileged elite" during a speech in Ohio. Daniels spoke Wednesday at the...Tags: Ohio, Unions, Indiana, Republican Party, Politics
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