Wisconsin Supreme Court Grills Judge Who Halted Union Law International Business Times ...Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court sharply questioned a county judge's decision to halt a law limiting collective bargaining for public employees...
Innovation Ohio Says Budget Shortfall is $5 billion, not $8 billion Innovation Ohio ...Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, released an analysis today which finds that Ohio’s “budget hole” for FY 2012-13 is $5.1 billion, not $8 billion as Gov. Kasich and his allies routinely assert...
Florida Wants Privatized Camping and RV Sites at 56 State Parks FlaglerLive.com ...The Division of Environmental Protection is proposing to partially privatize 56 parks...
Catholics Applaud Diocese of Portland, Maine's Opposition to Anti-Union Legislation Catholics United ...
the Maine legislature announced plans to table LD309, anti-union legislation that would severely undermine the rights of workers to negotiate with their employers...
The $2.5 Trillion Tragedy: What America Has Given Up For 10 Years Of Bush Tax Cuts ThinkProgress ...The tradeoffs paint a stark picture. For the same price as the Bush tax cuts, which did little to help the economy, we could’ve sent tens of millions of students to college, retrofitted every household in America with the capacity to generate alternative energy, hired millions of firefighters and police officers, effectively ended our national shame of having kids who lack health care coverage, or put millions of more teachers into classrooms....
China agrees to end domestic wind power subsidies USA Today ...China has agreed to stop subsidizing wind power companies that use domestically produced components rather than imports, a victory for U.S. manufacturers...
