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Cover-ups and ‘cost-savings’ ooze from BP records
July 6, 2010Louisiana union leaders, environmentalists and others are saying that the disparity between what BP told government regulators in March and what it has actually been able to do results from a willfully misleading manipulation of numbers...
Read moreEPA to toughen air pollution standards
July 6, 2010The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it would seek to dramatically cut air pollution in 31 eastern states and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma.
Read moreLawmakers move to lift statute of limitations on police torture
July 6, 2010CHICAGO - Just days after the conviction of former police Commander Jon Burge here, Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., introduced a bill that would make police torture of suspects a crime against humanity and a federal...
Read moreQuick action on financial reform urged
July 5, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI)--Union allies, led by the Americans for Financial Reform, urged lawmakers to quickly approve the comprehensive Wall Street reform bill that congressional negotiators produced in late June.
Read moreJobs stats prompt demand for action
July 5, 2010DALLAS - North Texas Jobs with Justice initiated a news conference on July 2 as the regular first-Friday unemployment statistics were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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