NC judges don't dismiss map lawsuits entirely
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina's new Republican-penned boundaries for congressional and legislative seats can move forward, a three-judge panel said Monday.
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Judges don’t dismiss map lawsuits entirely
RALEIGH – A pair of lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new Republican-penned boundaries for congressional and legislative seats can move forward, a three-judge panel said Monday.
Mo. Democrats speak against discrimination bill
Democrats in the Missouri Senate argued Wednesday that a Republican bill to change the state's workplace discrimination laws would reverse decades of progress in civil rights.Among other things, the legislation ...
Mo. House panel backs workplace discrimination law
The Associated Press The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. A Missouri House panel has endorsed legislation changing the legal standard for proving workplace discrimination and limiting the amount of damages victims could recover in lawsuits. The measure would require a showing that discrimination was a "motivating factor" — not simply a contributing factor — in an employer's action against an ...
Bill aimed at mountain lion hunting in Nebraska
LINCOLN (AP) - Nebraskans would have a chance to hunt mountain lions with a legal permit under a new bill in the Legislature.
Missouri Democrats speak against discrimination bill
JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats in the Missouri Senate were delaying a vote Wednesday night on a Republican bill that Democrats argued would reverse decades of progress in civil rights by changing workplace discrimination laws. Among other things, the legislation would require workers who bring wrongful termination lawsuits to prove discrimination was a "motivating factor" — not simply a contributing ...
Heaven help him! Queens high school cans 71-yr.-old priest
A 71-year-old Catholic priest is mad as heck and suing a Queens high school for age discrimination.
Fair Lawn will investigate flurry of police lawsuits
FAIR LAWN – The borough manager has launched an investigation into lawsuits filed by police officers that led the union to take a no-confidence vote in the police chief and a captain.