Wisconsin facing teacher exodus Associated Press ...teachers chose retirement over coming back following the passage of a bill that would have forced them to pay more for benefits and taken away most of their collective bargaining rights...
As Labor Day looms, the battle over SB 5 is joined (opinion) Toledo Blade ...the measure is not reform. It is extreme political posturing masquerading as responsible policy making...
State takes first steps to placing Emergency Managers in Flint and Highland Park eclectablog ...With only a $2 million deficit, (Flint) is still undergoing the initial review process. This is odd because ... other cities with much larger problems have had their requests for an EM denied...
Tea partiers join chorus vs. N.H. chair Politico ...New Hampshire Republicans are uniting ahead of embattled state party chairman Jack Kimball’s impending ouster — a marked contrast to the deep divide between the tea party and establishment wings Kimball warned would result from the efforts to remove him...
Russell Pearce recall: State's high court to consider appeal The Arizona Republic ...The Arizona Supreme Court will decide whether the Nov. 8 recall election for Senate President Russell Pearce will go forward...
The farmworkers are marching to Sacramento San Francisco Chronicle ...this march has drawn public attention to the union's cause, energized its members and current supporters and doubtless added to its many supporters worldwide...
The 10 States With the Worst Economies In America Alternet ... Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama are cheap-labor “right to work” states...
