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GULFCOASTUPDATE
April 21, 200620,000 in Lafayette, La., challenge city to provide services Elections roll on amid protests Gov’s plan lacks affordable housing
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Californias levees need a long-term plan
April 21, 2006Though winter rains are finally ending, managers of California’s many dams and aging, sometimes dilapidated levees expect the system will face serious challenges into the summer. While many observers have warned a “Katrina-style” disaster is possible...
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NATIONALCLIPS
April 21, 2006HARRISBURG, Pa.: State House passes minimum wage increase For the past year, at every meeting, rally or political event, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and its allies, like ACORN, have pushed raising the state’s minimum wage. Finally, on...
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Politics heating up in Arizona
April 21, 2006The Arizona political establishment was amazed when over 30,000 immigrant rights supporters marched through the streets of Phoenix March 24. The media noted this was the largest political demonstration in the state’s history. When contacted for...
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N.Y. judge slams transit union
April 21, 2006NEW YORK — On April 10 Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Theodore Jones sentenced Roger Toussaint, president of Transport Workers Union Local 100, to 10 days in jail for leading his union on a pre-Christmas three-day strike....
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