Scott Walker took his anti-union marching orders from Americans for Prosperity Blogging Blue ...Americans For Prosperity has taken to sending out fraudulent mailers to Democratic voters in two Republican State Senate districts (districts 8 & 10), urging those voters to send in their absentee ballots by August 11, which is two days after those recall elections will have been decided...
Ballot language for Senate Bill 5 approved after hours-long meeting Cleveland Plain Dealer ...The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board unanimously ruled that a "no" vote would go toward repealing SB 5 while a "yes" vote would go toward upholding the law...
Nixon: Special session is best chance to reform tax credits St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...Gov. Jay Nixon used a speech to school administrators today to press his case for reducing state tax credits that go to housing developers and historic preservationists...
Voters give Corbett positive job approval rating Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...The Republican governor is enjoying a 44-36 percent job approval, his first noticeable boost since he took office in January, according to a Quinnipiac University poll...
Record Numbers Are Receiving Food Stamps Bloomberg News ...The number of Americans receiving food stamps rose to a record 45.753 million in May, up 2.5 percent from the previous month, the Department of Agriculture said...
Odds of U.S. Recession Seen Rising by Academic Panel Majority Bloomberg News ...The two-year-old U.S. recovery’s staying power may be diminishing as consumers and the government pare spending, say five of the nine economists on the academic panel that dates recessions...
