Letters threaten people who have anti-Walker yard signs TMJ4 ...Mario Rodriguez doesn't hide the fact he's no fan of Scott Walker. But he's upset his opinions made his family a target. His wife, who works for the state, received a threatening letter in the mail Monday...
Rove-affiliated PACs to spend big in Ohio Columbus Dispatch ...A pair of potent political action committees associated with GOP political guru Karl Rove plan to spend heavily to help Republicans win federal races in Ohio next year...
Trade deficit has cost Illinois 118,000 jobs Chicago Sun-Times ...In Illinois, 118,200 net jobs were lost or displaced between 2001 and 2010 because of the trade deficit with China, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute...
Farmworkers file suit against 4 fast-food chains News-Press ...at least 2,000 workers ... picked tomatoes from September 2007 through October 2010, a period when the four fast food giants individually agreed to pay farmworkers a penny more per pound for the Florida tomatoes they purchased. But the money for the three harvest seasons was never paid...
Cops arrest Longshore protesters in Longview Associated Press ... A conflict over Longshore jobs at a new grain terminal in Longview flared Wednesday with the arrest of protesters blocking railroad tracks...
Secretary of State finds no student voter fraud but still pledges to improve system Bangor Daily News ...After a two-month investigation into possible voter fraud by college students and noncitizens, Maine Secretary of State Charlie Summers said Wednesday his evidence showed that none of the students committed fraud and only one noncitizen voted in Maine...
IRS gives employers break on misclassified workers Associated Press ...The Internal Revenue Service is offering a break to employers who come clean about wrongly classifying workers as independent contractors to avoid paying federal payroll taxes, the agency announced Wednesday...
