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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: Roman Catholicism, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, Judges, Freedom of Religion
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Notre Dame, Catholic Diocese, others file suit regarding HHS mandate
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame, the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and several other area organizations filed suit Monday challenging the constitutionality of a federal regulation that requires religious organizations to...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Politics, Freedom of Religion, Birth Control, Barack Obama
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Obama says GOP must back US first, create jobs
DETROIT (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that congressional Republicans must put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs as he used a boisterous Labor Day rally to aim a partisan barb at the GOP.
In a preview of the...Tags: NBC (tv network), Barack Obama, Republican Party, AFL-CIO, Employment
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NYC marks 100th anniversary of deadly factory fire
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers are marking the 100th anniversary of the worst industrial accident in city history — the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire — with a ceremony at the site where 146 garment workers died. U.S. Secretary of...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Health and Safety at Work, Human Interest, Chuck Schumer, Greenwich Village
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Former Sen. Sheila Kuehl announces run for L.A. County supervisor
SACRAMENTO -- Former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) made it official Thursday. She will be a candidate for the seat being vacated by Zev Yaroslavsky on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Kuehl, who served as chair of the Senate...
Tags: Local Elections, Gloria Molina, Sheila Kuehl, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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U.S. seeks national recreation area status for San Gabriels
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday recommended designation of the San Gabriel River watershed and most of the San Gabriel Mountains as a national recreation area, making the popular playground eligible for additional law enforcement,...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Details about new plan for San Gabriel Mountains raise questions
Political leaders and outdoors enthusiasts expressed dismay Thursday over new details about an Interior Department recommendation for changes in federal management of a popular region of the San Gabriel Mountains. "The proposal raises many questions,...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Judy Chu, Forestry and Timber
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Beyond Tom Perez: Why do we need a Labor Department?
Well, America survived. Yes, it's true, the United States was able to withstand two months without a labor secretary. The previous secretary, Hilda Solis, stepped down on Jan. 22. That thud you heard was no one noticing. No one noticed because, like...
Tags: Thomas Edward Perez, Migration, Politics, Labor Legislation, Business
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Obama picks Perez to lead U.S. Labor Department
Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...
Tags: Migration, Politics, Dominican Republic, Judges, Barack Obama
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Obama nominates top civil rights lawyer to lead Labor Department
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has nominated civil rights lawyer Thomas E. Perez to lead the Department of Labor, calling the former state labor official a defender of middle class workers and a consensus builder. Announcing his choice in the East Room on...
Tags: Thomas Edward Perez, Media Industry, Migration, Joe Arpaio, Lamar Alexander
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Villaraigosa touts cousin for federal labor post
PolitiCalMayor Antonio Villaraigosa may have taken his name out of the running for a post in the Obama administration, but on Wednesday, he promoted his cousin, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, for a federal appointment. During an online chat, the...... -
How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Politics, U.S. Congress, Elections
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!["As you know, a lot of good things start in California and L.A. and make their way [to Washington]," U.S. secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tells Patt Morrison. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)](http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2011-09/64445434.jpg "\"As you know, a lot of good things start in California and L.A. and make their way [to Washington],\" U.S. secretary of Labor Hilda Solis tells Patt Morrison. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)")