Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections

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Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs law loosening child labor protections
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The Republican governor has signed a law that eliminates requirements for Arkansas to verify the age of children younger than 16 before they can take a job.

would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work certain jobs in meatpacking plants and would shield businesses from civil liability if a youth worker is sickened, injured or killed on the job.the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address last month.

In her remarks, the former White House press secretary for Donald Trump accused Biden of caring more about “woke fantasies” than Americans’ economic concerns and called him “unfit to serve.” Several times she called Biden and the Democrats “crazy” as she painted a grim version of the country under their policies, asserting that Americans’ freedoms were at stake.

in his defense. The daughter of former governor Mike Huckabee used her high-profile job and family ties to realize her own political ambitions, becoming Arkansas’ first female governor.

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