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Lawmakers Laser in on Financesnew

Legislatively speaking, it was a bad week for Mississippi's new Republican majority.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  04-06-2012  |  Politics

Be a Hero on Your Own Timenew

“Victim's heroics rouse judge,” read a headline in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but Nigel Haskett's heroics apparently didn't rouse his employer, McDonald's. The hamburger kingpin has denied Haskett's claim for workers compensation benefits.
Arkansas Times  |  Doug Smith  |  02-19-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Bad Faith and Texas Mutual Insurancenew

Houston attorney Mike Doyle and TMI are locked in a battle over truth, lies and an employee's right to workers' comp benefits.
Houston Press  |  Margaret Downing  |  11-18-2008  |  Business & Labor

At VA Medical Center, Bottom Line Comes Before Patientsnew

At the West Palm Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center, staff and patients complain about nepotism, favoritism and lapses in care and service, such as year-long waits to obtain an appointment at the blind-rehab center. Whistleblowing only leads to retaliation, some staff members claim.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  Wyatt Olson  |  09-13-2004  |  Science

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