Fire camps teach the incarcerated real life skills and gives them a new lease on life.
Doctor Senator Tom Coburn to block the 9/11 health-care bill
Dec. 21, 2010 8 Comments
Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn will block a bill that would cover the health-care costs for Ground Zero workers, preventing a vote before the Christmas holiday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Coburn, who is a medical doctor, joins conservatives who do not want to spend the billions necessary to provide medical care to the police [...]
Lawrence firefighters make concessions, restore 8 positions
Sept. 21, 2010 Leave a Comment
Firefighters in Lawrence have ratified a one-year contract with the city that makes serious concessions in order to get back about a third of the positions the department lost in July due to layoffs. Twenty-three of the city’s 100 firefighters were laid off on July 1 as the city attempts, under state guidance, to emerge [...]
Judge orders New Haven firefighters promoted
Nov. 24, 2009 1 Comment
NEW HAVEN — Members of the “New Haven 20″ will be promoted after a U.S. District Court judge ruled today that the city of New Haven violated the civil rights of the 19 white and one Hispanic firefighter when the city thew out fire officer tests in 2004 because too few African American firefighters passed. [...]