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Discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace is a violation of their civil rights
N.Y. agency settles discrimination suit May 21, 2008
There is no agreement between this Office and Governor Eliot Spitzer, relating to his resignation or any other matter
Prosecutor: Spitzer has no deal Mar 12, 2008
Federal law prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of religion, and requires reasonable accommodation of employees' religious practices
DOJ settles religious liberty case Jan 18, 2008
This is the first extradition on terrorism charges from the United Kingdom, and it has yielded a defendant who provided material support to al-Qaida
U.S. citizen to face terrorist charges May 27, 2007
The oil-for-food program was designed to provide humanitarian relief to the Iraqi people; these defendants undermined those relief efforts to line their own pockets with oil profits
Texas oilman charged with bribing Saddam Oct 21, 2005
Michael Garcia (born January 11, 1974) is a former Colorado legislator. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2000, Garcia was re-elected three times to represent House District 42, which includes central Aurora, Colorado.
Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina to a U.S. Army veteran, Garcia's family settled in Aurora, Colorado, where he attended Aurora Public Schools and graduated from Aurora Central High School in 1992. He then earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1996 and a master's degree from the University of Arizona in 1998. After graduation, Garcia received a fellowship from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to serve as a legislative assistant to Texas U.S. Representative Solomon P. Ortiz; he worked in Washington, DC until 1999 before returning to Colorado.
From May 2003 to December 2007, he was as Coordinator for the Youth Council for Public Policy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. While working at CU, he taught college courses on American government, including a course titled "Civic Engagement: Using the Electoral Process as a Tool for Social Change. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Spirit of Aurora, the Aurora Education Foundation, and the Aurora Museum Foundation. In 2006, Garcia was named one of the Denver Business Journal's "40 under 40" list of young achievers.