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In a Friday, June 2, 2017 photo, goats from the landscaping company Munchers on Hooves graze on leaves and weeds near the Sindecuse Health Center on Western Michigan University's campus. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local union has filed a grievance in response to Western Michigan University’s hiring of goats to clear 15 woodland acres on campus. (Carly Geraci | Mlive.com)/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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City of Elgin, Ill., public works employees work to clear drains Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017, after drenching rains caused flooding in streets and homes. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP)
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a key opponent of the Republican health care bill, arrives for weekly policy meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. With at least a dozen Republicans opposing or challenging parts of the GOP health care bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he will unveil their revised health care bill Thursday and begin voting on it next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Wednesday, May 31, 2017, photo, William Gadea, founder and creative director of IdeaRocket LLC, an animated video company, poses for a portrait in his office in New York. A growing number of small businesses are combining employees’ vacation and sick time into one bucket called paid time off, or PTO. For Gadea, offering PTO to his five staffers means he doesn’t have to be the arbiter of whether someone is really sick when they call him in the morning, coughing and asking for a day off. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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President Trump pressed Congress to pass his health care bill before leaving for August recess. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This May 18, 2016 file photo shows the Presbyterian Healthcare Services administrative center in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico's top prosecutor is suing one of the state's largest health care providers over allegations that it falsified deductions and credits through the Medicaid program and as a result evaded tens of millions of dollars in premium taxes and surcharges. State Attorney General Hector Balderas on Tuesday, July 11, 2017., filed a lawsuit against Presbyterian Health Plan, Inc. and Presbyterian Healthcare Services. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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The Rev. Isiac Jackson of the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan discusses his group's support of the United Auto Workers union at Nissan Motor Co.'s assembly plant during a Tuesday, July 11, 2017, rally at the UAW office near the plant in Canton, Miss. Workers filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
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Bishop Thomas Jenkins discusses his group's support of the United Auto Workers union at Nissan Motor Co.'s assembly plant during a Tuesday, July 11, 2017, rally at the UAW office near the plant in Canton, Miss. Workers filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
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In this June 8, 2017 photo, the Rev. Michael Kirkland poses for a photo in Delaware, Ohio. When Kirkland lost his insurance job eight years ago, he started a bail bonds operation from his car in Delaware. After two years, he found a storefront and the first thing he added was a chapel. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)
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Employees work at their stations at the Target Technology Innovation Center office in San Francisco. At a 21 percent turnover rate last year, millennials were three times more likely than nonmillennials to report changing jobs, and 60 percent said they were currently open to a change in employment, more than 15 points higher than nonmillennials. (Associated Press)
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FILE-In this March 4, 2017, file photo, UAW president Dennis Williams calls for auto workers to demand their rights during a speech before thousands gathered at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant. The United Auto Workers filed Monday, July 10, 2017, an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board, to force a unionization election at the plant following years-long pressure campaign to build support. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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FILE-In this March 4, 2017, file photo, thousands march to Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, following a pro-union rally. The United Auto Workers filed Monday, July 10, an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board, to force a unionization election at the plant following years-long pressure campaign to build support. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo, commuters wait to board a NJ Transit train bound for New York's Penn Station at Secaucus Junction, in Secaucus, N.J. A massive two-month repair project will launch Monday, July 10 at Penn Station, the country’s busiest train station, temporarily exacerbating the daily commuting struggle during what New York’s governor has predicted will be a “summer of hell.” Frequent delays, overcrowding and breakdowns are leaving many to question the city's ability to effectively transport its workforce. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, debates with Gary Marsh over health care during a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo, a construction worker continues work on a condominium project in Coral Gables, Fla. On Friday, July 7, 2017, the Labor Department will release the U.S. jobs report for June. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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In this June 8, 2017, photo, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown sits before an interview in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this June 8, 2017, photo, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown begins signing stacks of his books before a reception in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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In this photo made Thursday, June 8, 2017, former Dallas police chief David Brown speaks during an interview in Dallas. The Dallas Police Department has weathered significant changes in the year since a sniper killed five law enforcement officers. Brown retired in October. Hundreds of officers retired to avoid impending cuts to benefits and increases in contributions. And the Legislature stepped in to negotiate a compromise between city and pension officials. The city is also faced with hiring hundreds of officers in a nationwide recruiting effort. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 14, 2017, file photo, UPS workers gather outside a UPS package delivery warehouse where a shooting took place in San Francisco. A union official says only five of the 40 San Francisco UPS workers have returned to work after witnessing the fatal shootings of three colleagues last month. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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FILE - In this June 16, 2017 file photo, a UPS truck is driven past a memorial set up outside of a UPS facility in San Francisco. A union official says only five of the 40 San Francisco UPS workers have returned to work after witnessing the fatal shootings of three colleagues last month. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
