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Malloy Orders Layoffs Today; No Deal Reached With Unions
The Hartford CourantDespite numerous hours of talks over the past two months, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered layoff notices to start going out Tuesday because no deal has been reached between his administration and the state employee unions. Malloy had been warning workers...Tags: Unions, Norwich, Stamford, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace
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Public pensions deal in the works
Chicago TribuneState government workers, teachers, university employees and lawmakers could see their annual pension increases scaled back but might not have to pay more toward their retirement or work longer under an emerging plan aimed at stabilizing vastly...Tags: Interior Policy, Chicago Tribune, Democratic Party, AFSCME, Crime, Law and Justice
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Wisconsin governor recall election debate shows sharp divide
ReutersMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker and his challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett drew sharp ideological differences on Friday during the first of two debates before a special election to recall the governor on June 5....Tags: Scott Fitzgerald, Parties and Movements, AFSCME, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pressure on the picket line
Almost every day for nearly three weeks, Jon Butler rallied with fellow union strikers on the picket line.
Butler was among roughly 800 union members who walked out of the Caterpillar Inc. plant in Joliet on May 1, rejecting a proposed six-year...Tags: Work Relations, Chicago Tribune, Occupy Wall Street, Heavy Engineering, Companies and Corporations
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Wisconsin's progressivism faces a recall
ReutersBy Nick Carey and Brendan O'Brien COLUMBUS, Wisc., May 25 (Reuters) - Tea Party activist Larry Gamble has spent the last few months leading an effort to disqualify the signatures of some of the 1 million residents who petitioned to recall Wisconsin's...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Democratic Party, Scott Fitzgerald, Parties and Movements, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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ANALYSIS-HMO stocks may struggle over health claim costs
Reuters* Insurers brace for use of medical services increasing * HMO shares could be "dead money" in coming months-analyst * Contrary view doubts concerns over healthcare use rising By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - Americans' low use of...Tags: Health, Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Employment, Companies and Corporations
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Analysis: HMO stocks may struggle over health claim costs
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans' low use of healthcare services has proved a boon to health insurers over the past two years, reducing medical claim costs and raising profits. The growing view on Wall Street is that those days are over. A series of first-...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, Employment, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Vaccination of horses
As horse owners it is our responsibility to provide optimal standards of care for them. An effective health management plan will involve proper nutrition, parasite management, and routine hoof and dental care. Vaccinations are also a valuable tool for...Tags: Health, Botulism, Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Vaccines
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Healthy living The Baltimore Washington Medical Center will present a discussion of diabetes prevention, exercise to achieve weight loss, and how to lower blood pressure and cholesterol from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 6 and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. June...Tags: Symptoms, Anne Arundel County, Hospitals and Clinics, Breastfeeding, Communicable Diseases
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Snyder, legislative leaders OK income tax cut; zero in on budget
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders worked out a budget agreement Wednesday that would allow for a small cut in individual income taxes, twice as much money for film credits, a slight increase in education...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Democratic Party, Health, Health and Safety at School, Rick Snyder
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Injured 'Transformers' extra awarded $18.5M
A 26-year-old woman will be awarded $18.5 million after reaching a settlement with Paramount Pictures and DW Studio Productions after an on-set accident during the filming of the third"Transformers"movie left her seriously injured, her lawyer said...
Tags: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (movie), Chicago Tribune, Health, Transformers (movie), Companies and Corporations
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Hand deformities turn up in poultry workers: report
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report describes two cases of poultry workers who developed chronically swollen knuckles, the hallmark sign of a rare skin condition known as pachydermodactyly. Researchers from Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-...Tags: Skin Conditions, Health, Symptoms, Medical Research, Swelling
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