U.S.
New foreclosure protection for renters
May 30, 2009Original source: You may think that not owning a home will protect you from foreclosure - but an estimated 40 percent of households facing eviction due to foreclosure are renters, not homeowners. Many renters have been...
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Community health centers are key ingredient for reform
May 30, 2009Marking the 100th day since passage of President Obama's economic recovery act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week touted the special role her department has played in moving stimulus money into the economy....
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Labor, allies urge ‘development bank’ to create jobs
May 29, 2009The decline in initial claims for jobless pay announced by the U.S. Labor Department this week was greeted as a “good sign” by Heidi Shierholz, a researcher at the Economic Policy Institute. But it only underlines...
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Anti-union bill defeated in Missouri
May 29, 2009ST. LOUIS -- The fight to pass the Employee Free Choice Act recently won a victory here in Missouri. House Joint Resolution 37, better known as Save Our Secret Ballots, went down in defeat when the...
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Despite Coleman-Franken fallout, GOP gov. blocks election reform
May 29, 2009Original source: If vetoes are like slapshot goals in hockey, then Gov. Tim Pawlenty scored an election-reform hat trick last week. After vetoing motor-voter and felon-notification, he scotched the state Legislature’s big omnibus elections bill. The...
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