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  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Wikipedia

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    The Bureau of Labor was established within the Department of the Interior on June 27, 1884, to collect information about employment and labor. Its creation under the Bureau of Labor Act (23 Stat. 60) stemmed from the findings of U.S. Senator Henry W. Blair's "Labor and Capital Hearings", which examined labor issues and working conditions in the U.S. [6] Statistician Carroll D. Wright became ...

  3. Hubert Humphrey - Wikipedia

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    The father also served briefly in the South Dakota state legislature and was a South Dakota delegate to the 1944 and 1948 Democratic National Conventions. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In the late 1920s, a severe economic downturn hit Doland; both banks in the town closed and Humphrey's father struggled to keep his store open.

  4. Timeline of the Lyndon B. Johnson presidency (1964)

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    President Johnson says the legislation updates the Davis–Bacon Act and "sensibly provides that wage determinations shall, in addition to cash wages, take account of prevailing benefits such as medical and hospital care, pensions and workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, vacations, holidays, and other such factors." [96]

  5. List of acts of the 116th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    To provide for the transfer of certain Federal land in the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Pub. L. 116–255 (text), S. 199, 134 Stat. 1139, enacted December 23, 2020: 116-256: December 23, 2020: Route 66 Centennial Commission Act To establish the Route 66 Centennial Commission, and for other purposes.

  6. Transgender rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the rights of transgender people vary considerably by jurisdiction. In recent decades, there was an expansion of federal, state, and local laws and rulings to protect transgender Americans; however, many rights remain unprotected, and some rights are being eroded, with significant federal restrictions since 2025.

  7. Springfield race riot of 1908 - Wikipedia

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    With costs to transport and feed the state militia, during the violence, the total cost to the state was $265,000 (about $7 million in 2018). [ 5 ] The family of Scott Barton sued the city for $5,000 (roughly $125,000 in 2018), as did the family of William Donnegan.

  8. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    United States, Ohio: In State ex rel. Krupa v. Green, 177 N.E.2d 616 (Ohio 1961), the Ohio appellate court allowed a married woman to register to vote in her birth name which she had openly and solely used, and been well known to use, before her marriage, and held that she could use that name as a candidate for public office. [231] [184]