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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Lobbyists, health care heavyweights visited White House early and often
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by...Tags: Corporate Officers, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Treasury, Heads of State, Economic Policy
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OSHA Head Stresses Sanctions For Worker Safety Violations
The acting head of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration hails from a union background, which is rare for a top official at the agency. So, when Jordan Barab met with a labor union crowd at the United Auto Workers regional office on...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Celebrities and Health Issues, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Heads of State
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Correction
•A Page 1 story Thursday incorrectly identified the union that is co-sponsoring a TV ad praising U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy, D-5th District, for his vote in favor of the U.S. House's health care reform bill. The union's correct name is the...Tags: Unions, Celebrities and Health Issues, Christopher Murphy, West Hartford
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Top Mass. finance official accuses Legislature of 'risky' move by leaving $125 million deficit
AP Political WriterBOSTON (AP) — The top budget official in Massachusetts says the Legislature has taken a "risky" approach by adjourning for the remainder of the year without closing a projected $125 million state budget deficit. Administration and Finance Secretary...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Wages and Pensions, Layoffs and Downsizing, Executive Branch, Unions
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Hospital report cards: Illinois Web site with prices, quality ratings and more will launch Thursday
Tribune reporterFor the first time, consumers can pore over abundant data -- much of it previously unpublished -- about Illinois hospitals and surgery centers on a state-sponsored Web site that launches Thursday. The data include information about what these medical...Tags: Julie Hamos, University of Chicago, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities, Health Organizations
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UNION VOTE: Members of AFSCME must now decide if the union's contract renegotiations with the state to save jobs will go through
Staff WriterMembers of Iowa's largest union begin voting on a revised contract with the state Thursday. AFSCME Council 61 decided to open its contract to negotiate in hopes of saving hundreds of jobs. The negotiations came about after Governor Culver ordered a 10... -
California voters want a no-pork diet
No matter how clever and careful the writer, on occasion a work should be ripped up and retooled. That also goes for writers of legislation.
A prime example: Sacramento's new state water bond proposal. Granted, this bloated $11.1-billion bond is laced...Tags: Laws, Water Restrictions, Sacramento, Executive Branch, Caves and Caverns
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Health Reform Foes Boost TV Ads
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Business foes of health care overhaul legislation are outspending supporters at a rate of 2-to-1 for TV ads as they grow increasingly nervous over a final bill. Led by the giant U.S. Chamber of Commerce, opponents of the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Consumer Electronics Industry, Dining and Drinking, Barack Obama, Lobbying
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UNION NEGOTIATIONS: A preliminary agreement between the state and the State Police Officers Council will save 43 union jobs
Staff WriterThe state says it has reached a tentative agreement with the last of its unions to cut benefits and save some jobs. The agreement is with the State Police Officers Council. It will save 43 union jobs including State Troopers and gambling enforcement...Tags: Unions, Retirement
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UNION NEGOTIATIONS: According to aides to Gov. Culver, negotiations with one state employee union about contract concessions have ceased
Staff WriterAides to Gov. Chet Culver say the state is no longer negotiating with one state employee union about concessions aimed at avoiding layoffs. Culver spokeswoman Erin Seidler acknowledged Monday that talks have been halted with Iowa United Professionals,...Tags: Unions, Government, Layoffs and Downsizing, Civil and Public Service, Executive Branch
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Fight for one facility becomes a battle over Illinois' quality of care for disabled adults
Tribune reporterThe long-running fight to close the troubled Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park has become the battleground for a larger debate about the quality of care for disabled adults in Illinois. For more than three hours on Monday at Tinley Park's public...Tags: Waukegan, Tinley Park, Museum Dioramas, Family, U.S. Department of Justice
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State slashes services, fires another 319
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-- More than 300 state government employees are losing their jobs this week, the Rendell administration said Monday as officials outlined a curtailment of state services to reflect a recession-wracked budget that is nearly 2 percent smaller than last...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Gardens and Parks, U.S. Department of Treasury, Economic Policy, Environmental Politics
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