A pair of lawsuits seeking to invalidate legislation that allows in-home child-care providers to join unions were dismissed by a federal judge on Sunday. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis determined that the claims were not yet "ripe" because any potential damages have not yet occurred.
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Child care unionization lawsuits head to court
A pair of lawsuits seeking to thwart legislation allowing day care providers to unionize will be taken up in U.S. District Court on Thursday morning.
Read More »Mike Parry draws on visibility of his state Senate seat to bolster his campaign for Congress
It was just a 176-word campaign email, but Sen. Mike Parry hit all the right notes: attacking Gov. Mark Dayton’s child care unionization order; lambasting labor; providing links to news coverage; and taking aim at the next opponent on his political horizon, DFL U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, whose congressional seat Parry hopes to claim in 2012.
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