Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Today's Teamster News 03.22.11

Senator's girlfriend had help getting job  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel   ...Even though the state is supposedly broke, top officials in Gov. Scott Walker's team were able to scrape together enough money to give a state job to the woman identified as Sen. Randy Hopper's girlfriend...
Kapanke given toughest odds in recall election  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel   ...Dan Kapanke, a Republican from La Crosse with a strong Democratic tinge to his district, may be the state senator most vulnerable to being removed in a recall election...
Ohio Democrats feeling revived  Cincinnati Enquirer   ...A poll released last week...(showed) Ohioans ...would re-elect Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland over Kasich by a 15 percentage point margin...
Now #Indiana gets to be #Wisconsin  The Maddow Blog   ...So far Indiana Democrat have beaten back one union-busting bill and now they're moving on one that would expand charter schools...
GOP freshman Pompeo turned to Koch for money for business, then politics  Washington Post   ...Pompeo ... hired a former Koch Industries lawyer as his chief of staff and proposed legislation in his first weeks in office that could benefit many of Koch’s business interests...
Too broke for immunization programs?  Washington Monthly   ...California has experienced the worst whopping cough outbreak in more than 50 years...But ... Republicans in Congress have proposed slashing millions in federal funding for immunization programs...
Teamsters Local 727 Opposes Bill That Jeopardizes Illinois' Film Industry  IBT   ...Senate Bill 4 Puts State Film Tax Credit Program In Question...