NJ lawmakers to vote on civil unions
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Under pressure from New Jersey's highest court to offer marriage or its equivalent to gay couples, lawmakers gathered on Thursday to vote on whether to create civil unions.
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NEW ORLEANS - Early returns indicated strong support among Louisiana voters for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With only 4 percent of precincts reporting, 33,255 voters or 82 percent supported the amendment, with 7,194 or 18 percent against...
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A sharply divided House took up legislation Thursday that would make it easier for labor activists to organize workers and could give a boost to flagging union membership.
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Facing pressure from the state's top court, the New Jersey Legislature voted Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the rights and privileges of marriage, while using the term "civil unions" to describe the partnerships.
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New Jersey lawmakers approved the stateâs s most sweeping measures yet in its efforts to be a leader in stem-cell research.
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New Jersey lawmakers have voted to abolish the death penalty in the state, sending the governor a bill he has already said he will sign. The measure will make New Jersey the first state in more than 40 years to outlaw capital punishment.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether public employee unions must get special permission before spending some workers' dues on political causes.
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They&#39;re pledging to continue their siege of government buildings in the city until lawmakers vote to change the country&#39;s election laws.
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New Hampshire Democrats have given the Republicans a potent issue that's ready to burst into the open just before the leadoff presidential primary: gay civil unions.
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A New Jersey congressman introduced a bill Thursday in the House that would offer $600 million to voting districts across the nation that convert to paper ballots or put in audit systems in time for the November presidential election.
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New Jersey would be the third state, after Vermont and Connecticut, to establish civil unions for gay couples.
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New Jersey's Senate candidates remained locked in a tie, according to a poll released Thursday that also showed confusion about the candidates among state voters.
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Those in both parties say enough support exists if House GOP leaders will allow vote on measure. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that the government should review federally funded sexual abstinence
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About 40 operation and engineering employees at New England Sports Network will vote Thursday whether to join the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, a union that is part of Communications Workers of America, one of the nation's largest unions.
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Sponsors of a proposal to ban gay marriage in Florida said Thursday they have gathered enough signatures to put the measure before voters next year.
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One fact led President Bush to choose New Jersey, a Democratic presidential stronghold, as the backdrop for a homeland security campaign speech Monday: terror and the Sept. 11 attacks are as crucial for New Jersey voters as they are for Bush's re-election campaign.
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LOS ANGELES Members of LA County&#39;s Board of Supervisors are scheduled to vote tomorrow on the fate of the trauma center at Martin Luther King Junior/Drew Medical Center.