Master of disasters, Roy Gillespie is back from Joplin St. Louis American ...Marvin Kropp, president of Teamsters Joint Council 13, sent Gillespie down to Joplin and has facilitated his emergence as a national leader in disaster relief...
Tent city scheduled to open on Saturday Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Starting Saturday evening, and continuing for as many as 17 days, protesters will try to reconstruct a modern-day Hooverville around the Capitol Square...
Was Kapanke's team in on talks about running spoiler Democrat? Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...n a newly obtained secret recording of the La Crosse County Republican Party meeting on May 25, party officials claim they talked with a staffer for Sen. Dan Kapanke and a top GOP official about taking steps to extend the campaign and delay the recall vote...
Ohio Senate Republicans Attempt to Gut State Minimum Wage Law Think Progress ...Ohio Senate Republicans are working to limit the number of people eligible to earn that wage, attaching an amendment to an omnibus budget bill that would circumvent the law and prevent an untold number of workers from collecting the state-mandated minimum wage...
Florida unions host ‘Festival’ to encourage folks to organize against Rick Scott Orlando Sentinel ...The state AFL-CIO is planning an all-day “Festival for Florida’s Future” — a combination of music, kids’ games and lots of anti-Rick Scott rhetoric — at the Orange County Fair Grounds on West Colonial Drive on Saturday...
Bill would allow Maine gubernatorial hopefuls to raise more cash Bangor Daily News ...the late-session proposal, which would double the maximum contribution amount, is drawing fire from Democrats and some observers of Maine’s campaign finance laws who accuse proponents of seeking major changes to contribution limits without putting the issue to a public hearing...
Workers, leaders rally at shuttered Detroit depot ctpost.com ...A coalition of Detroit labor, community and church groups have gathered in front of a once-majestic but now neglected train depot to rally for jobs and against the building's owner...
