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Boss Watch
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Boss Watch: 1/31 – 2/7
Illegal activities of Southern Bosses for the weeks between Friday, January 24, and Friday, January 31 Trumps’ administration has continued to not issue new enforcement actions or announce the resolution of old enforcement actions. This is true at least at the following agencies: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA),…
NEWS
Why Kentucky Beat Back a Favorite MAGA Policy
Jason Bailey is just one among a majority of Kentuckians celebrating the recent defeat of a Republican-backed bill in the state that would have introduced a school voucher program — a move Republican lawmakers across the United States have been aggressively pushing for in recent years. Bailey is not only celebrating, but was also directly part of a statewide campaign to alert the public about the bill and what it would mean materially for them and their children… (READ MORE)