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 By Dominique Paul NothEditor, Milwaukee Labor PressPosted April 24. 2012 Co-workers at his union (United Steel Workers) saw giant mining parts crush Jeff Smith to death before their eyes last September at Bucyrus (now Caterpillar) where Smith, 30, had worked as a material handler since 2008. USW members will remember Jeff as part of the annual Workers Memorial Day… Read more »

 By Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) The financial crisis remains fresh in the minds of the American people and the passage of the Dodd-Frank act - which I supported -- was a positive first step, putting in place the most comprehensive financial regulatory measures since the Great Depression. Attention is now being focused on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to either… Read more »

 By Peter Schroeder - 04/18/12 05:40 PM ET  House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation that would roll back portions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. GOP members of the House Financial Services Committee touted the set of four measures as cutting $35 billion from the deficit. The proposal is part of a broad Republican effort to track down savings to… Read more »

 By Phil Mattingly on April 18, 2012 U.S. House panel approved a measure to repeal the federal government’s power to seize and liquidate the largest financial firms, ignoring objections of Democrats and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner.  The Republican-led Financial Services Committee backed the legislation today in a 31-26 party-line vote, reigniting… Read more »

 By Pete Kasperowicz - 04/17/12 01:18 PM ET House Republicans on Tuesday afternoon beat back a Democratic attempt to halt consideration of a rule deeming that the GOP's 2013 budget resolution has passed both the House and the Senate. Republicans have said they need to approve this "deeming resolution" in order to let House appropriators start work on spending… Read more »

 Progressive Community Health Centers Inc. in Milwaukee has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration. The administration is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. Progressive… Read more »

 Company Could Lay Off 35 Workers Without State Train Contract  MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett met Wednesday with workers at a local railroad facility trying to put a stop to dozens of potential layoffs. Talgo, the company once tasked with building high-speed rail in Wisconsin, now stands to layoff 35 workers after the 2009 project was mothballed and the… Read more »

 The Business Journal by Sean Ryan, Reporter In the wake of Talgo Inc. taking steps to close its manufacturing operations in Milwaukee, Mayor Tom Barrett repeated his call for the state to set up a train maintenance plant in the city so the company does not leave. Talgo is to finish building trains under contracts with the states of Wisconsin and Oregon by September, and… Read more »

 Letters to the Editor In his March 29 letter [“The outlook for women candidates”] responding to “‘Year of the Woman’ fading,” Robert Tenney claimed that female politicians “have little to agree upon beyond gender.” He posited that this left only two possible justifications for wanting to elect more women to office: a biased belief… Read more »

 By LUISITA LOPEZ TORREGROSA NEW YORK — For all the alarm and outrage that conservative Republicans have ignited lately with actions perceived as attacks on U.S. women’s rights, there has been a fierce counteroffensive that is giving activists on the other side a larger voice and greater visibility than in recent years. While international organizations are… Read more »