National Catfish Day was established on June 25, 1987, to celebrate the value of farm-raised catfish. President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation after the U.S. Congress called for the day to be established in House Joint Resolution 178.nnGrowing up near the Ohio River, many fishing enthusiasts have caught their share of catfish. Many have also […]

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Employees often mistakenly believe that they have been wrongfully discharged by their employer when they have been fired as a result of conduct by the employer that is perceived as unfair or otherwise wrong.  However, in Pennsylvania the employment relationship is typically “at-will.”  In the absence of a written employment contract, employers are free to […]

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Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves. On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation declared that all enslaved persons in the Confederate States of America in rebellion and not in Union hands were freed. However, the word did not reach Texas. Slavery had remained relatively unaffected in Texas—until U.S. General Gordon Granger stood on […]

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