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Recent Examples of overtimesOver the course of three periods and three overtimes, Orono sent 62 pucks at Rolli, including 15 in the second overtime.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
17 Feb. 2026
The neighborhood lost a major employer in 1992 when General Motors closed its plant at the eastern end of Blythe Street, where some 2,600 employees made union wages producing Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds.
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Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Aug. 2026
At prevailing wages, this uncompensated labor is worth $430 billion a year.
In horizontal-review mode, the Court has struck down laws limiting slavery and child labor, establishing income taxes and minimum wages, and restricting corporations from tilting elections or firing workers for union activity.
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Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
31 Aug. 2026
In 2014, Reginald Wayne pleaded guilty in federal court to four felony charges and two misdemeanor charges related to labor fraud, visa fraud and failing to pay minimum wages to students at his Bible college.
The Treasury Department previously proposed regulations that would allow employees to fund their dependent children's accounts with pretax dollars straight from their paychecks.
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Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
31 Aug. 2026
Even women who make it into the AI workforce are less likely to land roles with the biggest paychecks and influence.