Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Voter ID Law Violates Constitution, Judge Rules Bloomberg ...Texas and Wisconsin officials were barred from enforcing laws requiring voters to produce a government-issued photo identification before casting ballots...
Fla. Legal Bill: $475 per Hour per Lawyer (opinion) The Ledger ...Here's what is simply wrong: The state paid the Atlanta law firm Alston & Bird $500,000 to defend against the state workers' (pension) lawsuit in circuit court...
Pennsylvania's voter ID bill faces final vote Republican Herald ...The Republican-controlled House Rules Committee voted for the bill Monday along party lines after defeating amendments by Democratic lawmakers to address concerns about senior citizens not bringing proper ID to the polls...
Foes of Ohio right-to-work effort target new proposal Associated Press ...We Are Ohio, the organization behind a 2011 campaign against Ohio's law limiting collective bargaining, says it's ready to unleash volunteers and hundreds of thousands of email and social media followers against an emerging right-to-work initiative in the state...
Late Night FDL: Pensions Are Good for You firedoglake ...Good for business, good for the economy, even good for the 1 percent...
Government asks judge to approve landmark settlement over banks’ foreclosure practices Bloomberg ...as many as 750,000 borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure since 2008 would be eligible for payouts of about $2,000 each...
