Workers Seeking Compensation for Injuries Face New Challenge: Fewer Lawyers

Fewer lawyers pursuing workers’ compensation cases has led to diminished financial prospects for people injured on the job.

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Mourning for Preventable Deaths: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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New Poll Reveals Trump Less Popular Than Explosive Diarrhea

Likely voters said that they would rather suffer two years of the gastrointestinal ailment than the remainder of Trump’s term.

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Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

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Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections (Gift Article)

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

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Trump’s claims of election interference in doubt after release of declassified intelligence

Declassified evidence points to Beijing seeking personal data for espionage, not election interference.

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Trump’s claims of election interference in doubt after release of declassified intelligence

Declassified evidence points to Beijing seeking personal data for espionage, not election interference.

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Heat Related Death? Who Knows? - Confined Space

Did Abilene Public Works employee Frank Cortez die from excessive heat? We may never know, because Texas public employees aren't covered by OSHA.

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Failure to Survive Work: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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Florida Republicans jump aboard U.S. House bill that seeks to block heat protection for workers

U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds speaking with attendees at the 2025 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Dec. 21, 2025. As

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Heat Related Death? Who Knows? - Confined Space

Did Abilene Public Works employee Frank Cortez die from excessive heat? We may never know, because Texas public employees aren't covered by OSHA.

jordanbarab.com

Failure to Survive Work: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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City of Abilene employee dies on the job

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A City of Abilene employee died while on the job Tuesday. City officials confirm Frank Cortez died while performing his duties. He was an employee of the City of …

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Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It.

“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”

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Trump demands Senate stay in Washington to pass voting bill

The Save America Act would require Americans to prove their citizenship to register and to show photo identification when voting.

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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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Republicans Try to Smother OSHA Heat Standard Under General Duty Clause - Confined Space

Republicans try to kill an OSHA heat standard in favor of misguided reliance on the General Duty Clause.

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Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest

The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.

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Republicans Try to Smother OSHA Heat Standard Under General Duty Clause - Confined Space

Republicans try to kill an OSHA heat standard in favor of misguided reliance on the General Duty Clause.

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Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave

Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.

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Lillian Roberts, Crusading New York Labor Leader, Dies at 98

She unionized state hospitals and battled with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg during her feisty leadership of the nation’s largest municipal workers union.

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Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave

Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.

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Saudis Reach Deal With U.S. That Could Let Them Enrich Nuclear Fuel

U.S. lawmakers and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, to be announced Wednesday, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to develop nuclear weapons.

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Contributor: Crucial task of protecting workers now falls to local enforcement

A lawsuit in San Diego alleges exploitation of supermarket sushi chefs. The federal government has largely abdicated responsibility for labor protections.

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How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail - The American Prospect

If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.

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How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail - The American Prospect

If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.

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Dead on the Job: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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House Republicans Attempt to Kill OSHA Heat Standard - Confined Space

Republicans will mark up a bill tomorrow that would prohibit OSHA from issuing an effective workplace heat standard.

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Trump Gutted Civil Rights Agency, Stifling U.S. Scrutiny of Workplace Bias (Gift Article)

A little-known federal office spent decades investigating potential discrimination by government contractors — until it was stopped by the Trump administration.

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