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city-hall
  • by david hall
$11.25M settlement proposed for women paramedic candidates victimized by discriminatory CFD physical test

The post-hiring test was so demanding and so unrelated to the skills needed to serve that four of the 12 women suffered “career-ending” hip and back injuries during testing. One “tore her hip open,” their attorney said.

News
  • by david hall
NY’s Equal Rights Amendment to stay on November ballot, possibly for good

Republicans have one final legal card they can play, but it’s a long shot.

lgbtq
  • by david hall
Most murders of transgender women in Chicago go unsolved: 'I can’t let go without answers'

Most law enforcement agencies don't track transgender homicides, but researchers have recorded more than 300 transgender people murdered nationwide between 2010 and 2021. The national clearance rate is just over 50%, but Chicago police have cleared only 14%, researchers found.

News
  • by david hall
NJ's domestic workers now must get minimum wage — but someone has to tell them

Advocates worry there's far too little money set aside in the new state budget for education and enforcement of the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights.