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Former anchor alleges discrimination

Former news anchor Robin Huebner wants her claims of gender and age discrimination against Valley News Live settled in federal court. The 50-year-old filed a lawsuit Monday against Hoak Media, the parent company of Fargo television stations KXJB and KVLY — where Huebner anchored the primetime newscasts for 21 years until she was reassigned last summer.

By By Kristen M. Daum, Forum Communications Co. , December 20, 2011

In age, gender lawsuits, blatant bias is rare

Former TV anchor Robin Huebner’s age and gender discrimination complaint against the station she’d been at since 1985 will be decided in a legal arena where blatant bias violations are increasingly rare, employment lawyers said Tuesday.

By By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications Co. , October 19, 2011

Huebner: Age, gender bias forced her out

Robin Huebner resigned her anchor post Monday at Valley News Live, and the 26-year veteran of local TV newscasts is mulling a lawsuit alleging age and gender discrimination by the station.

By By Dave Roepke, Forum Communications Co. , October 19, 2011

Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain accused of age discrimination

Texas Roadhouse, a national restaurant chain with locations in North Dakota and Minnesota, is accused in a federal lawsuit of discriminating against prospective employees based on age.

By By Dave Olson, Forum Communications Co. , October 14, 2011

Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain accused of age discrimination

Texas Roadhouse, a national restaurant chain with locations in North Dakota and Minnesota, is accused in a federal lawsuit of discriminating against prospective employees based on age.

By By Dave Olson, Forum Communications Co. , October 14, 2011

Court to look at huge Wal-Mart sex bias lawsuit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider whether to keep alive the largest job discrimination case in U.S. history, a lawsuit against Wal-Mart that grew from a half-dozen women to a class action that could involve billions of dollars for more than a half million female workers.

December 06, 2010

Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe

PHOENIX (AP) — The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics “unprecedented.”

September 02, 2010

Feds to check into two complaints

BISMARCK (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Labor plans to ask a federal agency to investigate two discrimination complaints against a Bismarck nonprofit.

August 16, 2010

Worker alleges racial discrimination

GRAND FORKS (AP) — A Grand Forks man who worked construction for the North Dakota Department of Transportation says he was fired because he’s Hispanic. The agency denies the claim. Court documents show that Martin Espinoza and a white co-worker got into a dispute that included physical contact on July 13, 2009, and both men were fired.

August 13, 2010

The court, clubs and discrimination

“I wouldn’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.” That familiar one-liner has been attributed over the years to the late Groucho Marx, but in light of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision this week in the case of Christian Legal Society vs. Martinez (UC Hastings), the sentiment it contains may have some contemporary legal relevance.

By By CAL THOMAS, Tribune Media Services , July 02, 2010

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Indian farmers told not to lose hope over lawsuit

American Indian farmers and ranchers involved in a decade-old lawsuit against the federal Agriculture Department were told Thursday not to lose hope. Dozens of them met in Bismarck to discuss their 1999 lawsuit, which alleges discrimination in granting USDA loans. The case has been mired in the courts. “We need your moral and spiritual support,” Joe Sellers, the plaintiffs’ Washington, D.C.-based attorney, told them. “We need you to keep your chin up.”

By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , September 11, 2009

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Court: White firefighters bias victims

Only white firefighters scored well enough on the test to be promoted. No blacks. So New Haven, Conn., threw out the test. In an important reverse discrimination ruling Monday, the Supreme Court rejected that decision, cautioning employers nationwide against changing the rules once the game has begun.

By By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press , June 30, 2009

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Letter to the editor: Letter didn’t convey the true meaning of what was said

In my April 8 letter to the editor, I wrote that I was tickled pink over the North Dakota House’s rejection of Senate Bill 2278 and that I was in favor of discrimination and happy that the majority of our lawmakers did not use common sense in voting on that bill. I have learned that some people did not understand the sarcastic nature of my letter and took my words literally. I would like to make my position on this issue clear and clarify my meaning by dropping the sarcasm.

By Roger Pringle , April 23, 2009

Letter to the editor: Bill was about legitimizing inappropriate lifestyle

Congratulations to the North Dakota legislators who voted to kill SB 2278; the so-call gay discrimination bill. This bill had nothing to do with protecting homosexual people from discrimination. It had everything to do with legitimizing a lifestyle that is wrong, inappropriate and harmful.

By Tom J. Tracy , April 17, 2009

Ruling for N.D. state sports information director reversed

The North Dakota Supreme Court has reversed a ruling in favor of fired North Dakota State sports information director George Ellis, sending the case back to the judge who awarded Ellis more than $250,000 in an age discrimination claim.

By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , April 10, 2009