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President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations after touring a Clayco Corporation construction site for a Microsoft data center in Elk Grove Village, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vaccine mandate challenges to be consolidated at 6th Circuit Court

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

The courtroom in the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building, New Orleans, La., is shown in this 2014 photo. Photo credit: Carol M. Highsmith. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. [https://www.loc.gov/item/2014649901/]

Court rips Biden’s broad vaccine mandate: ‘sledgehammer’ not a ‘scalpel’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Informers key in enforcing Biden vaccine mandate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Nevada's Don Jackson (6) celebrates after scoring against Washington State during the first half of an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Kevin Clifford)

White House says ruling against vaccine mandate start of a long fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Carolyn Ruyle prepares a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Lurie Children's hospital Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. Health officials hailed shots for kids ages 5 to 11 as a major breakthrough after more than 18 months of illness, hospitalizations, deaths and disrupted education. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Religious plaintiffs, others, win stay of Biden’s private-employer vaccine mandate

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, photograph, a sign notifies customers that COVID-19 vaccinations are available at a pharmacy in a grocery store in Monument, Colo. Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That's according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday, Nov. 1, about pending vaccine-mandate rules from OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Religious organizations ask federal courts to block Biden’s vaccine mandate

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That's according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday, Nov. 1, about pending vaccine-mandate rules from OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Biden vaccine mandate issued for private employers: Jan. 4 deadline for workers to get shots

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this June 17, 2018, photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child and parent who was separated under a Trump-era practice of splitting families at the border. A person familiar with the talks tells The Associated Press that figure was under consideration but changed, though not dramatically. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions are private. About 5,500 children were split from their parents under the practice. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP) **FILE**

EXCLUSIVE: ‘It’s a death trap’: ICE officers file OSHA complaint over illegal immigrant COVID risks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, photograph, a sign notifies customers that COVID-19 vaccinations are available at a pharmacy in a grocery store in Monument, Colo. Companies with at least 100 workers will be required to give employees paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and paid sick leave if they have side effects from the shots. That's according to a Biden administration official who spoke Monday, Nov. 1, about pending vaccine-mandate rules from OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Sen. Mike Braun launches effort to reject Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Randi Oberg, of Mountain Home, holds a sign in protest of vaccine mandates as hundreds demonstrated during a visit by President Joe Biden near the Boise, Idaho, airport, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Labor Dept.: Biden rule on vaccines to be published in ‘coming days’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A sign that reads &quot;No Jab&quot; is held by a person taking part in a demonstration opposing mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates outside the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday that Washington state is expanding its vaccine mandate to include all public, charter and private school teachers and staff, as well as those working at the state's colleges and universities. Inslee also expanded the statewide indoor mask mandate in place for non-vaccinated individuals to include those who are vaccinated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Drop vaccine mandate on private business, House GOP tells Labor Dept.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Fargo seed company settles with OSHA over employee injury

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, a correctional officer closes the main gate at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. California workplace safety officials announced Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, that San Quentin rocked by one of the nation's worst coronavirus outbreaks has been hit with by far its largest pandemic-related fine yet against an employer. The $421,880 fine is several times higher than any others levied by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA. Only a few others exceed $100,000 and most are a few thousand dollars. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Record virus fine hits California prison with worst outbreak

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Springfield restaurant fined over COVID-19 rules

Associated Press

Hospitals fined $184K for hiding workers’ virus infections

Associated Press

Cal/Osha fines Farmer John for hundreds of COVID-19 cases

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Labor, civil rights groups: Iowa failed to protect workers

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Nevada fines airport, county over crowd size at Trump rally

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

$218K in death of worker hit by wood in jammed machine

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2020, file photo, a man walks by a tattoo parlor closed and boarded up due to coronavirus in Las Vegas. State inspectors say they found one in four bars, businesses, gyms and salons in and around Las Vegas not complying with Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s order for people to use face coverings in public places to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday, July 2, that compliance statewide was about 80% since the governor’s mask mandate took effect June 26. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Nevada OSHA: 1 in 4 sites in Las Vegas violate mask mandate

Associated Press