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Supreme Court lets anti-immigrant law stand

June 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

By a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona's first anti-immigrant law is legal.

“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin

June 6, 2011 By John Wojcik

Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.

GOP panel cuts 43 education programs

June 6, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The GOP-run House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 23-16 on party lines May 25 to eliminate 43 elementary and secondary education programs.

GOP lawmakers bash unions and labor board

June 1, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee veered between criticizing unions and bashing the the NLRB.

Nurses score wins for unions and patients

May 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Emphasizing that short-staffing harms patients, the National Nurses Union racked up a big contract win at the D.C. area's largest hospital, the Washington Hospital Center.