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State Analyst Sees Job Losses Under Climate Law
California's nonpartisan legislative analyst says the state's landmark global warming law likely will guide to modest jobs losses in the close future.
9 Mar 2010, 6:40 pm | click here to view more
Verizon Responds to State Administrative Law Judge's Recommendation on Frontier Transaction
SPRINGFIELD, sick., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- An administrative law judge with the Illinois Commerce Commission on Tuesday (March 9) issued a proposed order opposing the transaction below which Frontier Communications Corporation would acquire the local landline operations of Verizon Communications in Illinois.
9 Mar 2010, 5:21 pm | click here to view more
South Dakota Students with Asthma Can Breathe Easier After New Law Allows Self-Administered Medications
PIERRE, S.D., March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When Governor Mike Rounds signed Senate Bill 83 into law last month, school became a safer place for the estimated 18,665 kids in South Dakota with asthma, a chronic lung disease that also effects more than 43,000 adults in the state. "We are very pleased that students now have the right to carry their medications with them, so they can better ...
9 Mar 2010, 5:16 pm | click here to view more
Mayfield's ex-in-law, one other crewman suspended
NASCAR has suspended two crewmen for violating its substance abuse policy, including the former brother-in-law of Jeremy Mayfield.
9 Mar 2010, 5:11 pm | click here to view more
Ore., Calif., nurseries sue over S. Carolina law
Nurseries in Oregon and California have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a law they say unfairly blocks shipments of their plants to South Carolina.
9 Mar 2010, 4:18 pm | click here to view more
Groves' brother-in-law 'uncomfortable' with irregular ABC payments
Eddy Groves's former brother-in-law, who provided maintenance services for ABC Learning, has told a court he was 'uncomfortable' with the way his company was asked to invoice the child care group.
9 Mar 2010, 3:27 pm | click here to view more
Calif. analyst sees job losses under climate law
The state's landmark global warming law likely will guide to modest jobs losses in the close future, according to a nonpartisan review that bolsters a growing Republican movement to shelve climate regulations until the economy recovers. The Legislative Analyst'... California - Global warming - Environment - Price of petroleum - Climate change
9 Mar 2010, 2:15 pm | click here to view more
Thailand imposes tough security law for Thaksin protests
Thailand's government Tuesday agreed to impose a tough security law ahead of protests this weekend, vowing to use "every means" to cease violence by backers of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
9 Mar 2010, 11:16 am | click here to view more
Bankruptcy law doesn't restrict free speech, Supreme Court says
A federal law that bars attorneys from telling clients who are contemplating bankruptcy to take on more debt is not an unconstitutional restriction on the free-speech rights of lawyers, the Supreme Court decided Monday.
8 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm | click here to view more
D.C. law firm Arent Fox names Mark M. Katz new chairman
The Washington law firm Arent Fox said Monday that it has named longtime partner Mark M. Katz as its new chairman, a leadership change that comes as the legal sector copes with an economic downturn that has curtailed business and prompted layoffs.
8 Mar 2010, 11:00 pm | click here to view more