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Barb Barrett
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Managing Editor, Stateline
Washington
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Biography
Barbara Barrett is managing editor of Stateline, an independent news organization within the Pew Charitable Trusts covering trends and challenges affecting state policy across the country Previously she was the a national editor for McClatchy, supervising correspondents who cover Washington for the chain's 29 newspapers. She came to Washington in 2006 and previously served as the regional correspondent for the Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. She has been a reporter and editor at The N&O, the St. Petersburg Times, the York Daily Record and the Battle Creek Enquirer. She won the Washington Press Foundation's David Lynch Award for regional reporting in 2011. In the past, she's won an Associated Press Managing Editors Association award for her work on returning war veterans and was on the team that was a Pulitzer finalist for coverage of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. She has won awards for investigative, feature and sports writing, and is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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By Barb Barrett Verified| Idaho State Journal Verified Even as summer temperatures soar and states wrangle with protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, Texas recently enacted a law that axes city rules mandating water and shade breaks for construction workers. In state after state, lawmakers and regulators have in recent years declined to require companies to offer their outdoor laborers rest breaks with shade and water. In some cases, legislation failed to gain traction.
By Barb Barrett Verified| Popular Resistance@ Above Photo: Heat causes more deaths in the United States each year than any other extreme weather. Outdoor workers, like these California roofers, are particularly vulnerable. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. As temperatures break records, lawmakers in state after state have declined to require that companies give their outdoor workers shade and water breaks.
By Barb Barrett Verified| Idaho State Journal Verified Even as summer temperatures soar and states wrangle with protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, Texas recently enacted a law that axes city rules mandating water and shade breaks for construction workers. In state after state, lawmakers and regulators have in recent years declined to require companies to offer their outdoor laborers rest breaks with shade and water. In some cases, legislation failed to gain traction.
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Stateline