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Federal officials says a JBS Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Colorado was wrong to fire more than 100 Muslim workers who walked out during Ramadan last year in a dispute over prayer breaks. The evening-shift workers wanted their lunch breaks to coincide with sunset ... Swift says it has made changes so Ramadan will go smoothly this year. The workers or the EEOC can sue Swift if no settlement is reached.

CHICAGO -- The Illinois State Board of Education has reinstated a suburban Chicago school district today -- one day after the board used its harshest available sanction against it. The board voted yesterday to cut off funding for Elmwood Park District 401 over the district's decision to deny enrollment to a student based on immigration status. But the board today voted to reverse that after the district's board adopted a resolution that said it would no longer deny enrollment for students based on their immigration status. The ISBE says it will continue to monitor the district to make sure it...