Daily Archives: July 26, 2010 - 3 results

A state senator from Florida’s Gulf Coast wants Florida to join Arizona in battling illegal immigration. He plans to submit a bill next January in the statehouse authorizing law enforcement personnel to challenge the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being illegally in the country. Utah legislators are also looking at some form of the Arizona law.   Florida lawmaker concerned about jobs, costs, gangs Businesses have much to lose by hiring illegals Many work visa programs available to …

Charles Dickens must be turning in his grave. The author of literary classics like "Nicholas Nickleby" wrote about the injustice of debtors’ prisons 150 years ago. The Great Depression passed without them. But now in the 21st century courts often jail persons on debt-related charges.   Persons jailed for contempt of court in garnishment and other debt cases Big business of bad debts behind abuse of court system Federal Trade Commission acts on debt collection complaints Copy this link to …

A lawsuit filed last week by two environmental groups seeks to force the EPA to ban a group of widely-used agricultural insecticides. The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Pesticide Action Network North America petitioned the EPA in 2007 to remove the insecticides from use. They claim the agency has dragged its feet on their three-year-old petition.   Environmental groups demand action on their EPA petition Chlorpyrifos already banned for residential use Industry fighting back on restrictions imposed in Pacific …