WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the February 2010 Employment Situation report released today: "This past February, the economy lost 36,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent. "Today's numbers underscore that we...
By Michelle Diament October 23, 2009 The Senate approved legislation Thursday to make crimes committed against a person based on their disability a federal offense. The hate crimes legislation, which passed the House of Representatives earlier this month, is an expansion of the 1968 hate crimes act....