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The Department of Labor (DOL) delivered a surprise holiday gift on December 21, 2021 to fiduciaries of participant-directed 401(k) plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income...

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Justice Dept. Seeks Funding to Fight Domestic Extremism and Inequality Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that he sought an 11 percent budget increase for Biden administration priorities. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has prioritized efforts to fight domestic terrorism and protect civil rights over the department’s focus during the Trump administration on street crime and gangs.Credit...Pool photo by Kevin Dietsch May 4, 2021 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garla...

US Department Of Education Now Investigating Florida Sheriffs Student Pre-Crime Program Published: April 29, 2021 The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff’s Office decided to bring some of its predictive policing nonsense indoors. It also started looking for smaller targets. The program used to harass residents over things like uncut lawns and missing mailbox numbers was extended to schoolchildren, who were subjected to the same sort of spreadsheet bullshit. Low grades? Miss a few school days? Victim of...

National enrollment at community colleges has declined by about 10 percent during the pandemic, far outstripping the drop in overall college enrollment. Some community colleges in poorer communities have lost as much as 20 percent of their student body. Jill Biden, the first lady, is a community college professor and has long been a proponent of increased funding for community colleges and has been promoting the idea in visits around the country. While generally consistent with Mr. Biden’s ca...

H.R. 2373: The Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act. The bipartisan Bill seeks “ To assist employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 in transforming their business and program models to models that support individuals with disabilities through competitive integrated employment, to phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes.” Subminimum Wage Under Section 14(c) o...

Former Vice President Mike Pence memoir set for 2023 release ‘I am grateful to have the opportunity to tell the story of my life in public service’ Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a memorial service for the late Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager in Charleston, W. Va., on Jan. 15, 2021. Pence has a book deal. His autobiography, currently untitled, is scheduled to come out in 2023. (Source: AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File) By Associated Press | April 7, 2021 at 3:02 PM CDT - Updated...

Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that it also signed Pence to a second book but did not immediately provide details. Pence is the first major Trump administration official to have an announced deal since the president left office in January, although former White House advisor Kellyanne Conway and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are among those reportedly working on books. At this time in 2017, former President Barack Obama; former first lady Michelle Obama; former Vice President Joe ...

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Pence launches group as Trump officials line up new roles JILL COLVIN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file phot, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks after arriving back in his hometown of Columbus, Ind., as his wife Karen watches. Pence is steadily re-entering public life as he eyes a potential run for the White House in 2024. Hes writing op-eds, delivering speeches, preparing trips to early voting states and launching an advocacy grou...