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Senate advances measure shielding age discrimination claims from forced arbitration
Courthouse News Service· 6 days agoThe upper chamber’s legal affairs panel voted 15-6 to advance the bipartisan Protecting Older Americans Act, which was introduced last year by a group of lawmakers led by South Carolina < ...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...
Eric Neugeboren The Texas Tribune
The Raw Story· 3 days agoIn June 1998, a group of gay and lesbian conservatives, pushing for greater representation at the Texas Republican Party convention in Fort Worth, found themselves in a frightening clash with ...
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 3 days agoPresident Joe Biden on May 3 bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people, including...
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances ‘Protecting Older Americans Act’ To Eradicate Forced Arbitration
Forbes· 5 days agoAdvocating for advancement before the vote, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said, "Being forced into...
Amid ongoing losses and bipartisan pressure, DeJoy remains defiant in pushing USPS reforms
Government Executive· 5 days agoIn the face of mounting pressure from lawmakers of all political stripes, watchdogs, stakeholders...
Austin opioid overdose outbreak: DEA weighs in on fentanyl crisis
FOX 7 Austin· 5 days agoFentanyl remains the leading cause of death among young adults in the U.S. Most recently, a large...
As Democrats push to help ‘Dreamers,’ GOP immigration priorities lie elsewhere
Courthouse News Service· 7 days agoSenate Judiciary Committee Republicans contended Wednesday that now is not the time to consider a legislative effort to protect undocumented youth, pointing to what they said was a more urgent ...
Fentanyl scanners that sat idle for lack of federal funds can now be installed at the border
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFifty-six scanners that can detect fentanyl in cars at border crossings will be installed due to...
Sewell Chan, The Texas Tribune
The Raw Story· 3 days agoMeeting at their first in-person convention since 2018, Texas Republicans on Saturday acted on a raft of resolutions and proposed platform changes to move their party even further to the right ...