U.S.
Mill owner cheats on jobs, wages in biomass project
July 20, 2012Building trades workers were hoping for desperately needed union-wage jobs when Nippon Corporation announced plans to build a $71 million biomass cogeneration plant.
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Lawsuit challenges DOMA over same-sex rights
July 20, 2012The suit, for which class-action status is sought, concerns a Santa Ana lesbian couple and was officially filed July 12 in the U.S. District Court.
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Are Asian American voters being ignored?
July 19, 2012A poll of Asian Americans revealed that neither Democrats nor Republicans are doing much to tap into one of the fastest growing populations.
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Washington State “likes” Facebook voter registration
July 19, 2012While states like Florida are trying to make it harder and harder to vote - at least for some - the state of Washington has taken another tack.
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In San Francisco, controversy swirls around stop-and-frisk
July 18, 2012The controversy erupted when Mayor Ed Lee made it known he was thinking about stop-and frisk for this city.
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