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Verona Resort and Spa Pushes Back Against Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

- October 10, 2017

After being accused of discriminating against a pregnant employee, Polaris Guam, otherwise known as Verona Resort and Spa, has responded to a “lawsuit filed against them for pregnancy discrimination, denying the allegations and claiming the pregnant employee wasn’t fired but that she quit on her own.” The lawsuit against the resort was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in District Court earlier this year on behalf of the “former employee who was allegedly fired because she was pregnant.” So what happened?

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Another 80,000 Consumers Affected By Equifax Breach in Michigan

- October 10, 2017

Anyone who has been following the story about the Equifax breach already knows it was a massive data breach that compromised sensitive information belonging to millions upon millions of Americans. Unfortunately, the number of people affected just keeps growing. In an announcement yesterday Bill Schuette, Michigan’s attorney general, revealed that “another 80,000 Michigan residents have been added to the more than 4 million people affected in the state by the enormous Equifax data breach.”

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Ivanka Trump Says Dreamers “Need a Long-Term Congressional Fix”

- October 10, 2017

One day after her father unveiled an unrealistically harsh list of immigration requirements, Ivanka Trump called the plight of Dreamers “a very complicated issue that needs a long-term congressional fix.” Ivanka Trump’s comments marked her first foray into the debate over the future of those young men and women who were participants in the Deferred

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“The War on Coal is Over” Says EPA Director Pruitt

- October 10, 2017

“The war on coal is over.” The announcement was made Monday by the Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Speaking from Kentucky, Pruitt said the agency was working to roll back Obama-era regulations on carbon emissions from power plants. Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan was finalized in 2015, with its intent being

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Trump Outlines Harsh Plan for Future of DACA’s Former Beneficiaries

- October 10, 2017

On Sunday, President Donald Trump outlined his plans and demands for any legislation which might address the future of DACA’s former beneficiaries. The hardline policies on immigration may well complicate a deal Democrats had thought they’d made with the commander-in-chief on securing the future of the so-called ‘Dreamers’ in the United States – young men

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President Trump Nominates Andrew Wheeler for EPA Deputy Administrator Position

- October 9, 2017

President Trump has been busy these last few days. Between traveling to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico and Las Vegas to meet with victims of the deadly shooting that occurred earlier this week, he’s managed to squeeze in an important decision concerning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Yesterday afternoon the White House announced that President Trump “is picking Andrew Wheeler, a former lobbyist, and senior Republican congressional staffer, to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) deputy administrator.” But who is Mr. Wheeler, exactly, and what will he bring to the table?

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