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Driver’s union claims transit authority violated California open meeting law

donal brown August 30, 2010

A San Bernardino County teamster’s union has charged the Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority with failing to convene in open session before adjourning to closed session, a violation of the state’s open meeting law, the Brown Act. -db Big Bear Grizzly August 27, 2010 By Arrissa Owen Turner Mountain Area Regional Transit Authority violated the Ralph M. Brown Act, as well as California Labor Laws, according to the drivers and dispatchers’ teamster union. In a letter

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Judge to EPA: Stop destroying records Union Pacific wants

FAC August 27, 2010

A federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday to stop destroying records Union Pacific requested about lead contamination in Omaha. An expert was appointed to make sure the agency complies. August 27, 2010 By The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. —The judge’s order resolved several issues the railroad and EPA couldn’t agree on when discussing the rules to protect records while Union Pacific’s lawsuit progresses. The Omaha-based railroad sued in June after obtaining e-mails in

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Judge refuses to stop Missouri law on sexual businesses

FAC August 27, 2010

Missouri’s wide-ranging limitations on sexual businesses will take effect Saturday after a state judge on Friday denied a request from a coalition of sexual store owners and erotic dancers to temporarily block the new law. The Associated Press August 27, 2010 By David E. Lieb JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The nudity must stop at Missouri strip clubs. So must the lap dances and booze. And all sexually oriented businesses must abide by a midnight closing

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Sotomayor: Free speech vs. security likely to come before Court

FAC August 27, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said yesterday that the nation’s high court likely would be asked again to weigh issues of national security versus free speech because of the recently leaked classified war documents posted on the WikiLeaks website. August 27, 2010 By The Associated Press DENVER — Sotomayor told high school and college students at the University of Denver that she couldn’t answer a student query about the security questions and free speech because

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FCC asks 2nd Circuit to review fleeting-expletives ruling

FAC August 27, 2010

Federal regulators are appealing a recent court decision that struck down a 2004 government policy that says broadcasters can be fined for allowing even a single curse word on live television. August 27, 2010 By The Associated Press WASHINGTON —A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York threw out the Federal Communications Commission policy last month, saying it was unconstitutionally vague and left broadcasters uncertain of what programming the

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