Dayton, Republicans end budget impasse; shutdown to end 'very soon' St. Cloud Times ...Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and top Republicans agreed Thursday to end a budget impasse that prompted the longest state government shutdown in recent history, after the Democratic governor surrendered on raising taxes...
Jobless claims fall nationally, but rise in Wisconsin Biz Times Daily ...In Wisconsin, initial claims for unemployment surged last week to 13,547, up from 11,973 in the previous week, according to the state Department of Workforce Development...
Ohio GOP repeals online voter database over Secretary of State Jon Husted's objections Cleveland Plain Dealer ...Two weeks after passing a sweeping election overhaul package, Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday repealed portions of the new law that had the support of the state's elections chief...
Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger says pension reform is next on K-12 education agenda for lawmakers mlive.com ...Bolger and other Republican lawmakers are being vilified in education circles for cutting $700 million from the state’s K-12 budget in fiscal 2012...
'Right to work' on lawmakers' summer calendar The Franklin Online.com ...An out-of-session legislative study committee chaired by Sen. Phil Boots, R-Crawfordsville, will sit down this summer to take a longer look at controversial “right to work” legislation...
There’s Hidden Union Busting in Congressman Issa’s Postal Reform Bill Center For American Progress ...Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) recently introduced postal reform bill closely follows the strategy of Republican governors who are using budget problems to attack collective bargaining rights and weaken political opponents...
