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...Same-Sex Marriage • Tobacco Ballots • Raising the Minimum Wage • Abortion Ban • Marijuana • Affirmative Action Ban • The Votes That Really Count From property rights to abortion, a look at the key issues being decided in referendums and initiatives...
...acre Federal Correctional Complex, which was completed in 1994 on the outskirts of town, is a virtual theme park of penal experiences, ranging from a minimum-security camp for inside-traders and small-time pot dealers to the concrete fortress that was built to be the most secure prison in the country: the Administrative Maximum U.S. Penitentiary, or ADX for short. The inmates in ADX Florence include drug kingpins, gang leaders, hit men, snipers and, lately, more and more, international terrorists, including al-Qaeda shoe bomber Richard Reid; mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing Ramzi Yousef...
...costs, the Bureau of Prisons in 2005 instituted a policy of shifting staff around within prisons and filling only the most critical positions. The union that represents correctional workers at the ADX charged that this resulted in the facility's being staffed far below the bureau's minimum safety standards. In spring a federal arbitrator heard testimony from ADX staff that some housing units had been left unattended for entire eight-hour shifts. Union officials also charged that posts in what they call the "terrorist unit" were routinely left vacant. According to the union, staff shortages meant that inmates weren...
...ballotinits_main {background-color: #e9e9e9; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #ccc;} #ballotinits_q{font-weight:bold; color: #c00;} #ballotinits_descrip{font-weight: bold;} HOW WOULD YOU VOTE: Minimum Wage...
...Should states raise the minimum wage above the federal rate of $5.15 per hour and provide for cost of living increases? Yes No Vote or click here to see results...