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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
SCHOOL FUNDING SD lawmakers approve new study of school funding PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A special committee of South Dakota lawmakers will take another look at the state's system for funding public school districts. The Legislature's Executive...Tags: Highway Transportation, Justice System, Colleges and Universities, Health Insurance, Politics
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Baltimore County Fire Department's dangerous understaffing
Over two years have passed since firefighter Mark Falkenhan was killed at an apartment fire on Dowling Circle in Towson. His death resulted, in part, from a collapse of the Incident Command System (ICS), when first-arriving units were faced with heavy...
Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Prince George's County, Towson, Fires
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Perez vote delayed as confirmation fight intensifies
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee vote on Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez was postponed hours before it was set to take place Wednesday, highlighting what appears to be a growing partisan fight over the confirmation of the former Maryland official. ...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Labor Legislation, Justice System, Politics, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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READER SUBMITTED: Gateway Community College Faculty Member, West Hartford Resident Receives Public Health Award
West HartfordIn celebration of Connecticut Drinking Water Week, the Department of Public Health (DPH) Drinking Water Section will award Wesley Winterbottom, a full-time faculty member at Gateway Community College, for his outstanding contributions to the health and...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Water, West Hartford, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues
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Judge delays release of DWP employee names with pay data
The union representing Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees won a temporary restraining order Tuesday, preventing the release of workers’ names with their salaries until each employee has had more time to argue that the identity...Tags: Labor Legislation, Unions, Justice System, Wendy Greuel, Judges
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MU research develops farm safety smart phone tool
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Cell-phone toting farmers caught in dangerous tractor rollovers may soon be able to more easily signal for help thanks to a new smart phone application in development at the University of Missouri. The app uses GPS sensors to detect...
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UTC Machinist Contract Big On Raises, Short On Job Security
The Hartford CourantMachinists at UTC Aerospace Systems in Windsor Locks overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract that gives union members raises and pension increases but has them contribute more to their health insurance plans. The contract, according to union...Tags: Interior Policy, Unions, Windsor Locks, Politics, United Technologies Corporation
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Continue campaign for safety in workplace
Many of us can vividly recall the horrific night of Feb. 19, 1999, when five workers lost their lives to an explosion at Concept Sciences Inc. It may not have been of the magnitude of the recent explosion in West, Texas, where once again lives were...Tags: Employees, Human Interest, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Career and Workplace
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The hollowing out of government
The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Politics, Sales, Health Care Reform (2009), Layoffs and Downsizing
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Court-martial opens for sergeant who killed 5 U.S. troops in Iraq
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — Army Sgt. John Russell opened fire on U.S. mental health workers at a combat stress center in Iraq out of revenge after doctors said he was not eligible to leave the Army, prosecutors said Monday at the opening of...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Armed Conflicts, Judges, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Construction safety nets recognition for loss prevention executive
Who: Brian Trusky, 42, Fort Lauderdale Title: Vice president of loss prevention for Moss & Associates, a Fort Lauderdale-based construction company, founded in 2004 by Bob L. Moss. Start date: Promoted June 2008; joined the firm in 2004 as safety...
Tags: Centex Corporation, Human Interest, First Aid, Work Relations, American Red Cross
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Plantation council member: Stop retired officials' insurance perks
As the city scrambles to alleviate a financial crisis, it should stop providing health-insurance perks to elected officials both past and present, says one councilwoman. Council member Lynn Stoner said not only should she be dropped from city coverage,...Tags: Justice System, Judges, Broward County, Crime, Law and Justice
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