Could Scott Walker’s overreach cost GOP a Senate seat they might have won? Wshington Post ...One key takeaway from the news that Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl is set to retire is that the national Republican Party could end up coming to regret Governor Scott Walker’s overreach in a major way...
Live-blogging the 'We Are Wisconsin' rally at the Capitol on May 14 Isthmus ...Join us here starting early Saturday afternoon for the "We Are Wisconsin" rally on the Capitol Square, marking the 90th day since protests started in downtown Madison over Gov. Scott Walker's agenda for the state...
Connecticut Unions Agree to $1.6 Billion in Givebacks New York Times ...
Threatened with nearly 5,000 layoffs, representatives for 45,000 unionized state employees agreed Friday to $1.6 billion in concessions over two years to help balance a budget that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says includes pain for everyone: record tax increases, substantial program cuts and worker givebacks in health care, pension benefits and wages...
Ohio: A New Kind of Battleground The Nation ...Although more and better jobs are what Ohio most needs, in mid-March Governor John Kasich introduced a budget that is sure to lead to dramatic job losses, with tens of thousands of public employees set to be laid off...
The Myth of Moderate Mitch The New Republic ...Elected with the help of donations from the Koch brothers, (Daniels) signed bills that abolished the right of teachers to bargain for anything other than wages and wage-related benefits and initiated the largest private-school voucher program in the country... he’s also privatized a state highway ... he supports Paul Ryan’s plan to cut taxes for the rich while starving Medicare...
Bill Nemitz: Dill's win unmistakably a message to Augusta Portland Press-Herald ..."I have not heard a single person raise any substantive issue other than Governor LePage and the crisis of leadership in Augusta," Dill said. "I mean, not a single person!"...
TN bill to curb teacher bargaining rights advances Business Week ...A proposal to curb Tennessee teachers' collective bargaining rights is once again advancing in the House after an amendment was withdrawn Tuesday to do away with negotiations altogether...
