Feb
13
JEFFERSON CITY — A group of African-American lawmakers on Monday vowed to oppose legislation making its way through the Missouri House and Senate that would make it more difficult to prove discrimination cases against former employers.At a news conference at the Missouri Capitol, the Legislative Black Caucus argued that the bill would roll back decades …
Jan
29
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia Council remains bitterly divided on how, or even if, the nation’s capital should have the first government-run online gambling venture in the United States. Online gambling is already legal in the district, but it became law in an unusual way. A council member inserted language that would allow online …
Jan
28
BY MELANIE TROTTMAN Employers can’t require their employees to sign arbitration agreements that forbid the workers from collectively pursuing legal claims over issues such as pay and hours, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a decision likely to rile business groups. In a vote taken Tuesday but disclosed late Friday by the agency, the …