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  • Indiana Right-to-Work Bill Advances

    January 28, 2012

        The Indiana House passed legislation Wednesday that would ban contracts requiring employees to pay union dues, ending Democratic efforts to block the bill and making final adoption almost certain for the country's first right-to-work law in more than a decade.   WSJ's Jack Nicas reports on passage of right-to-work legislation by Indiana's House. Indiana would potentially become the first midwestern state to fully pass 'right-to-work' state, banning employers from requiring workers to pay union dues.

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  • Gov. Walker recall Organizers submitting 1 million signatures

    January 17, 2012

        Organizers of the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker today filed more than a million signatures with the Government Accountability Board, nearly twice as many as needed to trigger another election for the embattled leader. United Wisconsin, the organization formed to recall Walker, turned in a total of 1.

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  • Report: 173 law enforcement officers killed on duty in 2011

    January 17, 2012

    Miami-Dade police officers Amanda Haworth and Roger Castillo were killed in January when serving an arrest warrant.     So far in 2011, 173 federal, state and local officers have died while on duty Gunfire accounted for the largest number, claiming 68 officers Attorney General Holder: "This is a devastating and unacceptable trend" He adds that a program to help police get protective vests has saved 16 officers this year   WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In-the-line-of-duty deaths of law enforcement officers jumped 13% in 2011 compared to last year, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.   A total of 173 federal, state and local officers have been killed in the United States, and the year is not quite over yet.

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  • In light of police deaths, training is scrutinized

    January 17, 2012

    By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY The recent surge in fatal police shootings is weighing heavily on law enforcement trainers, some of whom are calling for a reassessment of high-risk fugitive and drug raids that have resulted in a number of deadly ambushes.   "It's time to change our thinking," says Pat McCarthy, who advises police agencies across the country. "Cops are exposing themselves to increasing danger many times over, and it's just not necessary.

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