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Big Vision Podcast: Steve Williams from POWER

Have Fun - Do Good

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. The industry -- the federal government, and the state government specifically exclude domestic workers as classes of workers to be protected by labor rights legislation.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

However, Simmons highlighted one area where Missouri farmers might benefit from government support. In 2001 a hurricane struck that island of Cuba, straining that nation's ability to provide commodities such as rice and corn for their population. History has taught us that information is not the domain of the wealthy," he noted.