Recall season opens in Wisconsin Wall Street Journal ...A series of recall elections begins Tuesday in Wisconsin as voters decide the fate of nine state senators, in the latest fallout from Republican Gov. Scott Walker's decision earlier this year to curtail public employees' collective-bargaining rights...
Group airs ads against Brown in Ohio Columbus Dispatch ...A group affiliated with former President George W. Bush’s political strategist Karl Rove is airing commercials bashing Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio...with $7 million worth of ads on network, cable TV and Internet ads...
Maine Democrats decry voting measures Bangor Daily News ...Maine Democrats say they’re bothered by two voting bills that came up during this year’s legislative session (that) ... attack Mainers’ voting rights...
Gridlock deals gut punch to businesses Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...Nearby shops that cater to -- and rely on -- state workers find themselves struggling to survive...
Union sues governor to get pay raises Chicago Tribune ...Quinn moved to block the pay hikes when he made changes last week to the state budget that lawmakers sent him, saying they did not set aside enough money to cover the increases...
NJ Democrats fail to override 15 of Gov. Christie's vetoes Neward Star-Ledger ...In one vote after another, the overrides failed along party lines 24-15, with one exception when state Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) broke ranks and voted with Democrats to restore funding for family planning clinics...
