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Richard Stickler, the acting assistant secretary of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration, on Friday responded to criticism regarding his handling of the Crandall Canyon disaster and his agency's ...

Wed, Jul 23, 2008 Leading congressional lawmakers are pushing the Bush administration to withdraw a last-minute proposal that could make it harder to limit workers' exposure to dangerous chemicals.

By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 24, 2008; Page A03 Congressional leaders demanded yesterday that the Labor Department withdraw an eleventh-hour rule proposal that would make it ...

The federal minimum wage jumps 70 cents to $6.55 an hour on Thursday, the second of three scheduled increases mandated by last year's Fair Minimum Wage Act.

Approximately two-thirds of high school physical sciences students have teachers who did not major in the subject in college or are not certified to teach it, according to findings by the National Math and ...

Federal investigators later this week will issue their long-awaited report on the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster in Utah, just weeks short of the one-year anniversary of the first of two collapses that killed ...

Enforcement of wage-and-hour laws, to ensure workers get at least the minimum wage and the overtime pay they deserve, has dropped drastically under the Bush administration, according to new Congressional ...

A Washington state congressman introduced legislation to amend the Social Security Act in order to establish a trust fund that would be filled by taxing Internet gambling in the United States.

Students can expect to pay more for meals at local school districts, but while costs go up for school districts, government reimbursements are not keeping pace.

Two new reports by the Government Accountability Office show the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, especially under the Bush administration, is conducting fewer and less thorough investigations ...

Rep. Jim McDermott introduced legislation yesterday that directs a potential $40 billion over the next 10 years to be spent on job training for those in the declining sectors of the economy and educational ...

From California to Maine, school cafeterias are struggling to keep up with rising food prices.

Students eat during the lunch break at Hearst Elementary summer school in Pleasanton, Calif., on Thursday, July 3, 2008.

U.S. schools are being overwhelmed by growing food costs, and some are cutting back on meals for kids and "downgrading" menus, lawmakers are told Wednesday.

With the announcement of the Health Care for America Now! campaign to push for national reform with a new President and a new Congress at the beginning of 2009, some may wonder about California's role in this ...

One lawmaker says new federal regulations aimed at strengthening seals in coal mines are not good enough.

Families and students struggling to pay for college will get some relief this week when a new law takes effect, boosting need-based financial aid for millions of low- and middle-income students.

I was Anthony's teacher and I couldn't help him. Anthony, a 15-year-old boy who suffered from depression, was beaten up and slashed with a razor in a California juvenile detention center.

Despite a congressional hearing this week in Washington D.C. that put construction safety in Las Vegas center stage, expectations are low for a public meeting here on Saturday to discuss the same issue.

On a conference call, Rep. George Miller , Sen. Sherrod Brown , Luke Swarthout, a higher education advocate from the U.S. Public Interest Group, and Quin Gonell, president of the Student Government Association ...