Note to readers: Light blogging over the next week as we are on vacation. But we'll keep you posted on the WI recalls.
Nearly 30 outside interest groups pour millions in Wis. recall elections, watchdog group says Washington Post ...The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reports 29 groups that are required to register campaign fund-raising and spending with state election officials reported spending $12.5 million in the recalls...
WI Republican Election Observer Guidelines Contain "numerous significant and factual errors" DailyKos ...The GAB recently posted a memo on its website urging local election officials to exercise "Caution Against Reliance on Third-Party Election Information." The memo mentions only one group by name - a shadowy group called We’re Watching Wisconsin Elections ... nothing more than a right-wing "election bully" training organization...
Senate Bill 5 ballot language set Dayton Daily News ...The language for this fall’s most controversial issue, the referendum of Senate Bill 5, favors rejection of the collective bargaining reform law if Ohio history is a guide...
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Tells a Tea Party Leader He Won’t Pursue Right-to-Work We Party Patriots ...State Representative Amanda Price reaffirmed what Governor Rick Snyder proclaimed earlier this year to members of the state’s Building Trades unions: that “Michigan is not Wisconsin” and that he will not sign a Right-to-Work (RTW) bill into law...
DSCC asks Justice to halt Florida voting law Politico ...the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has stepped out of its usual legal lane to file a formal comment to the Department of Justice, urging him to object to Florida's new law...
Speaker O'Brien planning special House session Manchester Union Leader ...Lawmakers will return to Concord in September to vote on a series of new bills, still being drafted, that will cut the new budget, try to block parts of a pending state employee contract and bar increased support to women who have children while on welfare...
Debate 'right to work' (opinion) The Journal Gazette ...proponents can’t explain why non-union companies such as Honda or Toyota currently have plants in Indiana if right-to-work status is a deal-breaker. Honda has 1,000 Indiana workers in Greensburg, with plans to double that number with the addition of a second shift...
