DOT Outsourcing Costs Taxpayers Millions Channel 3000 ...The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is spending millions of dollars on outside contractors when even state officials admit the work can be done cheaper by state employees...
Republican facing criticism over SB 5 vote to leave Senate Columbus Dispatch ...Sen. Jimmy Stewart, an Albany Republican who was facing heavy criticism from parts of his nine-county southeastern Ohio district for his vote in favor of the bill slashing collective-bargaining rights for public workers, told the Senate president yesterday that he will step down in July...
‘Right-to-work’ debate reignites Bangor Daily News ...A debate over organized labor and union dues roared back to life on Wednesday after Republican leaders appeared to reverse course and scheduled a late-session public hearing on a politically combustible “right-to-work” bill...
Editorial: Union report merits study Detroit News ...A new union-financed report says state government could save big money if it spent less on third-party contracts, had fewer managers and placed a higher priority on service to the public from front-line workers...
NH House doesn't take up labor bill veto override Associated Press ...Republican House Speaker William O'Brien ignored a nearly full House on Wednesday and refused to call for a vote on a vetoed bill that bars unions from collecting a share of bargaining and administrative costs from non-members...
New Jersey governor's school budget ruled unconstitutional CNN ...The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that $500 million must be restored to the state's poorest school districts after it found part of Gov. Chris Christie's controversial 2011 budget to be unconstitutional...
ALEC's radical right wing agenda comes to Pa. Philadelphia Progressive Examiner ...Many Democrats and Independants believe that Metcalfe's bill is part of a Right Wing national agenda sponsored by the Koch Brothers to buy government and fund their key ideas for maintaining power...
