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News Health care activists challenge Maine’s failure to expand Medicaid following voter approval
Health care activists challenge Maine’s failure to expand Medicaid following voter approval
Tate Brown
May 2, 2018 10:31:20 am

Health care activists filed a complaint Monday against Maine's Department of Health and Human Services for its failure to expand Medicaid after voters had approved its expansion in November. The citizens of Maine voted in November to enact...

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News California Supreme Court makes it harder to classify workers as independent contractors
California Supreme Court makes it harder to classify workers as independent contractors
Tate Brown
May 2, 2018 09:46:24 am

The California Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday making it more difficult for employers to classify their employees as independent contractors. In order for an employee to be classified as an independent contractor, the court ruled that the employer...

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News States sue Trump administration over vehicle emissions
States sue Trump administration over vehicle emissions
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 1, 2018 03:32:10 pm

A coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia, led by California, filed suit against the Trump administration Tuesday to defend an Obama-era rule on vehicle emissions standards. The existing regulations would have required vehicles to meet...

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News UN rights expert urges civilian protection amid increasing Myanmar violence
UN rights expert urges civilian protection amid increasing Myanmar violence
Lindsay Offutt
May 1, 2018 01:31:52 pm

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, on Monday expressed concern over violence against civilians in Myanmar's Kachin State. A reported 10 civilians were killed and several more severely injured and wounded...

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News UN rights expert calls for retrial of four men sentenced to death in Bahrain
UN rights expert calls for retrial of four men sentenced to death in Bahrain
Lindsay Offutt
May 1, 2018 12:18:39 pm

UN human rights experts called for a retrial on Monday following flawed trial procedure and due process violations in the conviction of four men sentenced to death in the Bahraini High Military Court in December. The four men,...

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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.

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