Scott Walker’s bogus `mission accomplished’ moment Washington Post ...There are 424 school districts in Wisconsin, and as the AP recently noted, Walker’s policies mean draconian budget cuts to 410 of them, with labor officials and school districts predicting increased class sizes and layoffs...
Silence leads to more of the same (Opinion) Newark Advocate ...Gov. John Kasich and ...Republican lawmakers...insist they are doing what voters hired them this past November to do ...Evidently, this means Ohio taxpayers want their state government to transfer wealth from middle-class, working-class and poor families to the state's richest individuals and businesses...
Gillman brings 'right-to-work' to board Traverse City Record-Eagle ...Commissioner Jason Gillman will ask the board to adopt a resolution to encourage Gov. Rick Snyder, state Rep. Wayne Schmidt and state Sen. Howard Walker to support legislation to make Michigan a so-called "right-to-work" state...
State legislators have heavy lift with reapportionment (Opinion) Sun-Sentinel ...Sixty-three percent of the voters approved last fall's ballot initiative that saw the passage of Amendments 5 and 6 (which) ... make it more difficult for the Legislature to draw boundaries favoring incumbent politicians or party interests over the voters...
Teachers sue over Indiana school voucher law Associated Press ...Indiana’s largest teachers union is attempting to block a new statewide vouchers program that would allow parents to use tax dollars to send their children to private schools...
Little progress emerges from first post-shutdown talks Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...Leaders at the Capitol emerged Tuesday from the latest negotiations since the shutdown began with little progress to announce...
