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Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill rolling back child labor laws in response to business owner complaints over labor shortages. Iowa’s unemployment rate was under 3% last month. (Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert)

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Iowa has become the latest state to roll back child labor protections, with Republican Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday signing into law a new bill allowing Iowa teenagers to work more jobs for longer hours. Under the new law, 14- and 15-year-olds may now hold jobs that require them to participate in “light” manufacturing (without …

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Tells Blue State Conservatives to Move to Arkansas (James Bickerton)

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Speaking to Fox News Digital, the Arkansas governor said parents should be “paying attention” to how their children are educated and claimed there were “insane and unbelievable” efforts to “redefine what a woman is.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders has urged conservatives living in a “blue state” to move to Arkansas if they want to keep their children safe …

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University of Minnesota faces backlash over summer research program restricted to non-white applicants (Sarah Rumpf-Whitten)

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An advocacy is pressing the University of Minnesota’s Office of Undergraduate Studies after the taxpayer-funded university program opened its paid undergraduate internship program application to only non-white applicants.  The Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation is calling for the University of Minnesota (UMN) to change its application process and open its summer internship programs to …

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Amhara Media Corporation/ አማራ ሚዲያ ኮርፖሬሽን 

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“ፈተናዎችን ወደ እድል በመቀየር ሕዝባችንን እናሻግራለን” በሚል መሪ ቃል ከግንቦት 10-12/2015 ዓ.ም በአማራ ክልል ወቅታዊ ሁኔታዎች እና የቀጣይ የመፍትሔ አቅጣጫዎች ላይ ሲመክር የቆየው ኮንፍረንስ ባለ ዘጠኝ ነጥብ የአቋም መግለጫ በማውጣት ተጠናቋል። ኮንፈረንሱ ለፓርቲው ከፍተኛ እና መካከለኛ አመራሮች በክልሉ ወቅታዊ ሁኔታዎችና ቀጣይ የመፍትሔ አቅጣጫዎች ላይ የጋራ ግንዛቤ ለመገንባት የተዘጋጀ መድረክ መሆኑ ይታወሳል። በኮንፈረንሱ ማጠቃለያ የብልጽግና ፓርቲ …

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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch calls COVID-19 response “the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in peacetime history” (Sarah Al-Arshani)

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As COVID-19 spread across the United States in 2020, among the wide-ranging efforts to insulate the country from the pandemic was Title 42, a restrictive immigration policy allowing the rapid expulsion of asylum seekers and other migrants. The measure — initially implemented by the Trump administration and expanded under President Joe Biden — expired this month. The …

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Statement by the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide condemning the recent escalation of fighting in Ethiopia

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United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu expressed grave concern over the renewed escalation of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region involving Federal Government of Ethiopia forces and allies and forces backing the Tigrayan authorities. Targeting of civilians based on their ethnicity or perceived affiliation to the warring parties remains a key characteristic …

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