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• Banks, States Close To Deal On Mortgages; $25 Bil For Foreclosure Flap January 20, 2012
  A $25 billion settlement by major banks and U.S. states over questionable foreclosure practices in the housing crisis is nearing completion. […]
• N. Jersey Democrat wants to raise minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, among nation's highest January 20, 2012
  While Gov. Christie is pitching tax cuts for all in 2012, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D., Essex) wants to give a boost to the 40,000 New Jerseyans who make the $7.25 hourly minimum wage. Oliver wants to bump the minimum rate to $8.50 and tie it to the consumer price index, which measures the cost of living. "At a time when some presidential candidat […]
• Implications of ruling on teacher's firing; Some praise it as a religious liberty decision, others urge caution. January 19, 2012
  WASHINGTON ? The direction the courts will take with other cases related to religious employment is far from clear, but the Supreme Court's Jan. 11 ruling opens a whole track of possibilities. The decision in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC held that fired teacher Cheryl Perich could not sue under federal disability discrimination laws, because the Michigan Luthe […]