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 Arizona Immigration Law update: The fight over the Arizona immigration law appears to be far from over. Governor Jan Brewer, who signed the law, has vowed she will fight all the way to the Supreme Court the decision of a U.S. District judge to suspend implementation of some parts of the law.  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  The upcoming November 2nd Senate elections will give voters who were adversely affected by the delay of the passage of H.R. 4213 –‘Unemployment Extension’ bill into law a chance to show what they thought of their respective senator’s stand. There is an active movement among the unemployed, and especially the long term → Read More 6 comments - (Comments are closed)  Those calling for a Tier 5 unemployment extension bill might have found another argument to support their cause: increasing incidence of age discrimination experienced by old, jobless workers. The Detroit Job Search Examiner recently posted an article on the increasing incidence of “age bias” faced by workers 40 years and older. This → Read More 24 comments - (Comments are closed)  Yesterday, the House Ethics Committee released the results of a two-year investigation into a long list of corruption charges against Congressman Charlie Rangel (D, NY). Rangel seems completely unaware that his actions were illegal, much less that he’s actually going to get punished for them. In fact, he’s taken to insulting newsmen → Read More One comment - (Comments are closed)  The Dept of Labor (www.dol.gov) posted figures this morning that show first time claims for unemployment insurance dropped from last weeks figure of 468,000 to 457,000 – seasonally adjusted. A four week moving average of the unemployed rate showed it was at its lowest point since early May, at 452,000. While this → Read More 27 comments - (Comments are closed)  Two separate scientific studies came out very recently. One was the 2009 State of the Climate Report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the other was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Climate report said that the period 2000-2009 was the warmest decade experienced on → Read More 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Earlier this week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he would consider pushing immigration reform legislation forward that would allow undocumented youth a path to citizenship. The legislation, named “The DREAM Act,” would allow children of illegal immigrants who met certain qualifications an opportunity to become US citizens. If they met → Read More 5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Many unemployed folks were grateful when the Congress finally passed the extension of unemployment benefits last Wednesday, but the bill is deeply flawed in a way that is going to leave millions struggling without any unemployment benefits at all come November. The flaw is in the way that the bill is → Read More 18 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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