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Leaders vote to repeal stricter smoking ban in Johnson Co.
One of the state’s most strict smoking bans is already going up in smoke. A group of Johnson County leaders voted this week to repeal a smoking ban that covered virtually every public building in the county. The ban, which was passed last month,...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Buford: ARC system must be put in place for state pension plan
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comKentucky lawmakers will have much to digest during the 2013 short session of the General Assembly, which will kick off Tuesday. The state’s pension fund and its $30 billion shortfall is at the top of the “to do” list, said state Sen....Tags: Tom Buford, Government, Steve Beshear, Pension and Welfare, Health Insurance
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Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report
Millions of Americans with disabilities have gained innumerable rights and opportunities since Congress passed landmark legislation on their behalf in 1990. And yet advocates say barriers and bias still abound when it comes to one basic human right: To be...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Social Services, Civil Rights, Learning Disability, Breastfeeding
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Fast track to the American dream
— Amid the skyscrapers and coal power plants in this fast-growing manufacturing city of nearly 13 million people, eager investors filed into a convention center that thumped with dance music from a Florida beach party video. On sale was the dream...
Tags: Government, Grant Park, Petroleum Industry, Chicago Restaurants, Brooklyn Nets
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“Common Law” wins Best Cop Show in Channel Guide’s 2012 Viewers Voice Awards
Channel Guide MagazineOur most lopsided win in the 2012 Channel Guide’s Viewers Voice Awards belongs to rookie cop show Common Law, a fun hour that pays tribute to all those classic ’80s buddy-cop movies. Michael Ealy and Warren Kole make for a dynamic duo, and... -
Bad background checks cost company $2.6 million
Watchdog with Paul MuschickAn inaccurate criminal background check can cost you a job. A company accused of doing inaccurate background checks has learned that sloppy work can cost it, too: $2.6 million. I've written several times about the lack of accountability by some...... -
Mystery surrounds arrested Iranian blogger's reported death
World NowHuman rights activists are calling on Iran to investigate the apparent death of a blogger who was in custody after being arrested for criticizing the government in online postings. Sattar Beheshti, 35, reportedly died this week while in detention after... -
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights holds fair housing conference in Danville
The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights board of commissioners met Thursday in Danville to rule on discrimination complaints on behalf of the people of the state. The board routinely meets at its headquarters in Louisville. As budget allows, the...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Human Rights, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Civil Rights
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Malawi minister reportedly denies move to suspend anti-gay law
World NowMalawi's minister of justice has reportedly denied saying that the country's law banning homosexual acts would be suspended pending a parliamentary vote on whether to decriminalize such acts. The minister, Atty. Gen. Ralph Kasambara, said this week that... -
More than $644K of taxpayer money spent to defend anti-abortion laws
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas attorney general's office paid outside lawyers more than $644,000 to defend anti-abortion laws enacted last year. Derek Schmidt says it paid more than $328,000 as of Friday to Foulston Siefken, a Wichita firm...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Criminal Laws, Planned Parenthood, Family Planning, Abortion
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Michael Madigan tax clients unscathed in foreclosure debate
As home foreclosures tear apart neighborhoods throughout the state, an annual battle plays out in Springfield between the banking industry and community activists over how to deal with the damage. The banks always emerge largely unscathed. It happened...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Business Enterprises, Elections, U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Michael Madigan
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A roadblock to rights for the disabled
On July 26, 1990, when President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on the lawn of the White House, I was too young be in attendance, or even understand the impact that this monumental law would have on the United States by...
Tags: Republican Party, Tom Harkin, Parties and Movements, Human Rights, Human Interest
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