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VOL. 45 | NO. 38 | Friday, September 17, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders. But President Joe Biden this month threw the tiny… Continue reading Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate

Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 36 | Friday, September 3, 2021 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Wednesday made a landmark ruling that media outlets are “publishers” of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages. The High Court dismissed an argument by some of Australia’s largest… Continue reading Australian court rules media liable for Facebook comments

Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 36 | Friday, September 3, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The justices are putting the “court” back in Supreme Court. The high court announced Wednesday that the justices plan to return to their majestic, marble courtroom for arguments beginning in October, more than a year and a half after… Continue reading Supreme Court hanging up phone, back to in-person arguments

Home > Article VOL. 45 | NO. 36 | Friday, September 3, 2021 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appealed a judge’s ruling that the governor exceeded his authority by ordering school boards not to impose strict mask requirements on students to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The governor’s lawyers… Continue reading Florida governor appeals ruling on masks in schools

VOL. 45 | NO. 35 | Friday, August 27, 2021 The Center for Public Integrity Updated 7:24AM Nancy Campos‘ back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, had worked 13 days in a row without a lunch break, and… Continue reading USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds

VOL. 45 | NO. 35 | Friday, August 27, 2021 The Associated Press Updated 7:19AM It’s a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year’s… Continue reading Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

VOL. 45 | NO. 34 | Friday, August 20, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past decade, a step party leaders tout as progress in their quest to fight back against voting restrictions advanced in Republican-led… Continue reading House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law

VOL. 45 | NO. 33 | Friday, August 13, 2021 NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order Monday letting parents opt their children out of coronavirus-related mask mandates in K-12 schools, after a few school districts issued mask requirements for students and others. With the move, Lee also said he will… Continue reading Gov. Lee allows opt-out of student mask requirements

VOL. 45 | NO. 33 | Friday, August 13, 2021 The Associated Press Updated 1:26PM Members of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma won’t contribute billions of dollars to a legal settlement unless they get off the hook for all current and future lawsuits over the company’s activities, one of them told a… Continue reading Heir: Sacklers won’t settle unless freed from opioid suits