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Michigan 1st state in decades to repeal 'right-to-work' law
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature. The state's...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Herald-Dispatch. March 22, 2023. Editorial: Accountability could come to West Virginia State Police The advent of inexpensive and easy-to-use video technology and the ease of dissemination of those images has brought something to law enforcement that its officers and...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. March 15, 2023. Editorial: Big Labor having its way in Lansing The new Legislature, ruled by thin Democratic majorities in each chamber and conducted by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has already handed over enormous power to unions in this term. What’s still...
Scottish independence at crossroads in testy SNP leader race
LONDON (AP) — The Scottish National Party is finding Nicola Sturgeon a hard act to follow. Scotland’s governing party is holding an acrimonious contest to replace Sturgeon, a leader who came to dominate Scottish politics, but hit an impasse in her fight for independence from the...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph. March 15, 2023. Editroial: Tax relief: New law makes West Virginia more attractive Tax relief is finally on the way for residents of the Mountain State. After some back and forth wrangling between the House and the Senate, and...
Michigan Senate votes to repeal 2012 law restricting unions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of union supporters filled the halls of the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday as Senate Democrats voted along party lines in support of repealing the decade-old “right-to-work” law in a state long considered a pillar of organized labor. Democrats have...
Bill banning marriages under age 16 passes in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A child marriage bill is heading to the West Virginia governor's desk after lawmakers agreed to let 16- and 17-year-olds get married with restrictions. The House of Delegates passed the bill 83-9 without debate Saturday, a day after the Senate easily...
Bill would ban marriages under age 16 in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A child marriage bill was passed by the West Virginia Senate on Friday night after it was changed to prohibit anyone younger than 16 from getting married and to ban age gaps of more than four years for 16- and 17-year-olds. The Senate passed the bill on a...
German church reform assembly calls for same-sex blessings
BERLIN (AP) — A meeting between Germany’s Catholic bishops and lay representatives agreed Friday to call for the church to approve blessings of same-sex unions. The three-day gathering, which is part of the “Synodal Path” launched in 2019 in response to the sex abuse crisis...
Child marriage ban bill resurrected in West Virginia Senate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill to prohibit minors from getting married in West Virginia was resurrected in the state Senate on Thursday, a day after its defeat in a committee. The about-face didn't necessarily give the bill a clear path to passage. Several senators gave...
