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Nearly half of city employees have 'critical or chronic' illness, mayor says
Nearly half of Baltimore's municipal employees and retirees have a "critical or chronic" illness — a distinction that contributes to the high cost of providing their health insurance, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday. "We need to...
Tags: Obesity, Politics, Baltimore County, Employees, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Mich. courts weigh suits against right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Several courts are weighing a host of legal questions about Michigan's right-to-work law, including how it was passed and how it will affect tens of thousands of public workers, however, none were expected to issue rulings...Tags: Republican Party, AFL-CIO, Judges, Politics, Separation of Church and State
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Rep. Vargas announces opposition to efforts targeting federal employees' pay, co-sponsors freeze to Congress member pay
Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Chula Vista, announced last week that he opposes House of Representatives Bill 273, targeting federal employees. He said that in response, he is cosponsoring H.R. 636, introduced by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Virginia, which would...Tags: Politics, Gerald E. Connolly, Government, Juan Vargas, U.S. House of Representatives
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Will California state workers get a big salary bump?
SACRAMENTO -- Now that the state is no longer in the grips of a budget crisis, public employee unions are optimistic that they finally have some leverage to negotiate a raise. Will Gov. Jerry Brown hold the line on spending, as he has vowed, and keep...
Tags: Employees, Jerry Brown, Politics, Government, Career and Workplace
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Tough laws, reduced ranks: What's next for unions?
From a sprawling United Auto Workers hall outside Detroit, John Zimmick has seen factories close and grown men cry when their jobs disappear. Through all the economic uncertainties of life in auto country, there has been one constant: the union. In...
Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Unions, Wage Contract Issues, Barack Obama, University of Pennsylvania
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Rawlings-Blake's budget includes new taxes, raises
Baltimore residents would have to pay more to grab a cab. They would be hit with an additional fee in their water bills. And they would have 300 fewer firefighters on the payroll. But they also would have lower property taxes, better recreation centers...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy, Bernard C. Young, Politics, Advertising
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Union chief is wired into City Hall
If you bumped into the guy, you probably wouldn't recognize him. Chances are, you've never even heard of him. But he's one of the most powerful players in Los Angeles politics, and he's swinging for the fences again, using his considerable clout to...
Tags: Interior Policy, Wendy Greuel, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Government
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Leopold found guilty of misconduct, suspended from office
A judge found Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold guilty Tuesday of two counts of misconduct for using public employees to perform political and personal tasks, and he was suspended from office while the County Council made plans to force him...
Tags: FBI, Politics, Judges, Lawyers, Local Elections
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Pension agency official's salary is blasted by state treasurer
If you mouse your way to the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System website and click on "About SERS," you then can find a comforting "SERS Snapshot," which paints a rosy picture of how the system is humming along. The Snapshot's chart shows...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), U.S. Supreme Court, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Interior Policy, Politics
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If we open up the Illinois Constitution …
It takes special gall to raise taxes for some Illinoisans so soon after they were hit with a massive increase in state income tax rates. So, give an audacity award to any "progressive" trying to renew the ill-timed and perennial campaign to replace...
Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Interior Policy, Personal Income, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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Walorski discusses debt ceiling, federal pay
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- Newly elected U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski spoke to The Tribune on Thursday about her vote to suspend the federal debt ceiling, federal pay and other fiscal issues facing the 113th Congress. Along with 86 Democrats and 199 Republicans,...Tags: Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Public Finance, Politics, Elections
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Gov. Snyder asks for court ruling on right-to-work law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder asked the Michigan Supreme Court on Monday to rule quickly on the constitutionality of the new right-to-work law that takes effect in late March, saying questions on how it would impact 35,000 unionized state...
Tags: Judges, Politics, Lawyers, Regional Authority, Justice System
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