Groups Vow To Push ‘Right To Work' In Other States Washington Post ...The conservative groups that supported Michigan’s new “right to work” law — winning a stunning victory over unions, even in the heart of American labor — vowed Wednesday to replicate that success elsewhere. But the search for the next Michigan could be difficult...
More protests after Michigan right-to-work action Associated Press ...Protests have stretched from Detroit to Marquette after Republicans converted Michigan from a fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state...
Right-wingers Koch, ALEC, pushed Michigan ‘right-to-work’ laws MSNBC ... lately, a well-funded conservative political machine, with ties to the Koch family and other wealthy backers, as well as to the notorious conservative lobby group ALEC, has been flexing its considerable muscle. What looked like a spontaneous shift in Michigan labor policy had been planned for months—and the success of the right-to-work push could foretell future efforts nationwide...
The misleading framing of ‘right-to-work’ Washington Post ...Such laws do not, in fact, give you the “right to work.” They give you the right to refuse to pay union dues when you work for a union shop, even though you get the wages the union bargained for, and the benefits the union bargained for, and the grievance process the union bargained for...
Fed's bond buying will continue until jobless rates drops McClatchy ...Offering greater clarity to financial markets and politicians, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of saying it would continue its controversial bond buying and other steps to stimulate the economy until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5 percent or below and stays there...
U.S. Exports to Korea Suffer under FTA Public Citizen ...Today's release of new trade data for October revealed more of the same under the Korea FTA: lower exports, higher imports, and a deeper U.S. trade deficit with Korea. We've reported similar trends in past months here, here, and here...
New Report Could Affect Huge Change in the Pipeline Industry Oilprice.com ...Anthony Swift, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, ... is hopeful that the report will lead to better improvements in leak detection engineering and public transparency...
Kasich kicks off three day marketing event for his turnpike proposal Plunderbund ...Kasich kicked off the marketing campaign for his turnpike proposal by leaking a key fact to the Dispatch: a long-term lease is off the table...
LABOR: Teamsters warn UNFI investors The Press-Enterprise ...Teamsters warehouse workers and truckers on strike against natural foods supplier United Natural Foods in Washington state Wednesday moved its strategy to a corporate level by warning the company’s investors about the company’s labor practices...
Labor voices: Gov. Snyder declares civil war in Michigan The Detroit News ...The past few days of action are only the opening salvo in Michigan's civil war. It is a fight between billionaires who want to turn the Midwest into Canada's Mexico and working people trying to save Michigan's middle class...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Today's Teamster News 12.12.12
TRENDING: Hoffa predicts 'civil war' in Michigan CNN ... Jimmy Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said Tuesday he expects Michigan unions and lawmakers to break out into "civil war" after the state legislature passed right-to-work bills that would weaken unions' power...
Editorial: Drinking the Kochs' Kool-Aid Detroit Free Press ...Michigan's proposed right-to-work bills mirror the ALEC language practically word-for-word...
Koch brothers, Tea Party cash drives Michigan right-to-work bill Salon ...it secures a dream of the anti-union Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council, whose associates are well-represented among Snyder’s donors, and whose economic agenda has been ascendant within the modern GOP...
GOP defends right-to-work exclusion of cop, fire unions Detroit News ...Some rank-and-file GOP lawmakers said there are other reasons why police and firefighters are getting a better deal than their union brethren who work in other dangerous jobs in prisons, construction and utilities. "They behave more like value-adding trade associations than unions," said state Rep. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, the leading advocate for the drive to make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state...
There's Not A Single Spending Cut That Republican Voters Support Business Insider ...a new Marist-McClatchy poll shows that voters — including Republicans — oppose any and every specific spending cut proposed to them.
It goes hand in hand with the disparity between voters' wish for blanket "spending cuts" and their opposition to any cuts to an entitlement that benefits them...
DOJ refuses to indict HSBC explicitly because it is too big to fail naked capitalism ...State and federal authorities decided against indicting HSBC in a money-laundering case over concerns that criminal charges could jeopardize one of the world’s largest banks and ultimately destabilize the global financial system. Instead, HSBC announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to a record $1.92 billion settlement with authorities...
Monthly U.S. trade deficit with China hits new record. manufacture this ...The monthly U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services rose to $42.2 billion in October, up from $40.3 billion in September...
John Kasich paying a PR firm (with your money) to sell you his turnpike plan Plunderbund ...Yesterday we confirmed a top ODOT manager believed the consultants were hired specifically to help support Kasich’s plans to lease the turnpike...
Four Ohio prisons face possibility of closure under budget cuts Columbus Dispatch ...A fifth prison that seemed almost certain to close, the Hocking Correctional Facility, in Nelsonville, that houses older inmates, will get a reprieve, it now appears...
LABOR: Teamster food truck drivers strike in Washington The Press-Enterprise ...Truck drivers and warehouse workers at United Natural Foods went on strike in Auburn, Wash., citing unfair labor practices and lousy wages. Contract negotiations broke off prior to 166 Teamsters walking off their jobs...
Teamster DHL Workers Support Turkish Workers' Right To Organize IBT ...Teamsters working at DHL across the United States and Canada will join in solidarity for an International Day of Action on December 12 with DHL workers worldwide to support workers in Turkey who have been mistreated while trying to form a union...
CP, Teamsters Canada workers reach accord Railway Age ...The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC-MWED), representing 2,600 maintenance of way workers, and Canadian Pacific reached a tentative historic five-year contract settlement, CP announced Tuesday....
Editorial: Drinking the Kochs' Kool-Aid Detroit Free Press ...Michigan's proposed right-to-work bills mirror the ALEC language practically word-for-word...
Koch brothers, Tea Party cash drives Michigan right-to-work bill Salon ...it secures a dream of the anti-union Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council, whose associates are well-represented among Snyder’s donors, and whose economic agenda has been ascendant within the modern GOP...
GOP defends right-to-work exclusion of cop, fire unions Detroit News ...Some rank-and-file GOP lawmakers said there are other reasons why police and firefighters are getting a better deal than their union brethren who work in other dangerous jobs in prisons, construction and utilities. "They behave more like value-adding trade associations than unions," said state Rep. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, the leading advocate for the drive to make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state...
There's Not A Single Spending Cut That Republican Voters Support Business Insider ...a new Marist-McClatchy poll shows that voters — including Republicans — oppose any and every specific spending cut proposed to them.
It goes hand in hand with the disparity between voters' wish for blanket "spending cuts" and their opposition to any cuts to an entitlement that benefits them...
DOJ refuses to indict HSBC explicitly because it is too big to fail naked capitalism ...State and federal authorities decided against indicting HSBC in a money-laundering case over concerns that criminal charges could jeopardize one of the world’s largest banks and ultimately destabilize the global financial system. Instead, HSBC announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to a record $1.92 billion settlement with authorities...
Monthly U.S. trade deficit with China hits new record. manufacture this ...The monthly U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services rose to $42.2 billion in October, up from $40.3 billion in September...
John Kasich paying a PR firm (with your money) to sell you his turnpike plan Plunderbund ...Yesterday we confirmed a top ODOT manager believed the consultants were hired specifically to help support Kasich’s plans to lease the turnpike...
Four Ohio prisons face possibility of closure under budget cuts Columbus Dispatch ...A fifth prison that seemed almost certain to close, the Hocking Correctional Facility, in Nelsonville, that houses older inmates, will get a reprieve, it now appears...
LABOR: Teamster food truck drivers strike in Washington The Press-Enterprise ...Truck drivers and warehouse workers at United Natural Foods went on strike in Auburn, Wash., citing unfair labor practices and lousy wages. Contract negotiations broke off prior to 166 Teamsters walking off their jobs...
Teamster DHL Workers Support Turkish Workers' Right To Organize IBT ...Teamsters working at DHL across the United States and Canada will join in solidarity for an International Day of Action on December 12 with DHL workers worldwide to support workers in Turkey who have been mistreated while trying to form a union...
CP, Teamsters Canada workers reach accord Railway Age ...The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC-MWED), representing 2,600 maintenance of way workers, and Canadian Pacific reached a tentative historic five-year contract settlement, CP announced Tuesday....
Friday, December 7, 2012
Today's Teamster News 12.07.12
Michigan Republicans brush aside Democrats, union protesters to OK right-to-work legislation Associated Press ...In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making the labor bastion of Michigan a right-to-work state...
Teamsters Make Oral Arguments In Appeals Court Against Mexican Truck Program IBT ...The Teamsters Union argued in court today that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) pilot program to open the border to Mexican trucks must be shut down because it is dangerous and illegal...
Wisconsin has nation's biggest jump in new jobless benefit claims WTAQ ...U.S. labor officials said Thursday that almost 5,900 Wisconsin workers filed benefit applications during the week ending November 24th. That’s more than twice as many as second-place Oregon...
Apple CEO confirms company will begin manufacturing one line of computers in the United States manufacture this ... Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, confirms the company will begin manufacturing one of its existing Mac lines in the United States starting next year...
Adelsons donate $33 million to GOP super PACs in closing days CNN ...Nevada casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam contributed $33 million to two major Republican super PACs in the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission...
Indiana privatization consultant heads Ohio Turnpike study Plunderbund ...KPMG employee Tim Wilschetz was paid to advise the “private consortia” bidding on the Indiana Toll Road in 2005. The following year the road was leased to foreign investors who, after doubling tolls on the road, are now on track to default on their loans to finance the deal...
Teamsters Make Oral Arguments In Appeals Court Against Mexican Truck Program IBT ...The Teamsters Union argued in court today that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) pilot program to open the border to Mexican trucks must be shut down because it is dangerous and illegal...
Wisconsin has nation's biggest jump in new jobless benefit claims WTAQ ...U.S. labor officials said Thursday that almost 5,900 Wisconsin workers filed benefit applications during the week ending November 24th. That’s more than twice as many as second-place Oregon...
Apple CEO confirms company will begin manufacturing one line of computers in the United States manufacture this ... Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, confirms the company will begin manufacturing one of its existing Mac lines in the United States starting next year...
Adelsons donate $33 million to GOP super PACs in closing days CNN ...Nevada casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam contributed $33 million to two major Republican super PACs in the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign, according to campaign finance disclosure reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission...
Indiana privatization consultant heads Ohio Turnpike study Plunderbund ...KPMG employee Tim Wilschetz was paid to advise the “private consortia” bidding on the Indiana Toll Road in 2005. The following year the road was leased to foreign investors who, after doubling tolls on the road, are now on track to default on their loans to finance the deal...
Monday, December 3, 2012
Today's Teamster News 12.03.12
Why Raising the Eligibility Age is the 'Single Worst Idea' for Medicare Reform The Nation ...The key facts to understand about raising the Medicare eligibility age: not only does it shift substantial costs onto seniors, it also doesn’t save the federal government any notable amount of money...
Stealth Class Warfare (opinion) Angry Bear ...arrogance is at work in the class warfare that the radical right is waging against the social programs that have been partof the great stabilization of the middle class and a singular pathway to a more sustainable lifestyle for those who are underprivileged in America--Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
Next Up For A "Recovering" Europe: A 30-50% Collapse In Wages In Spain, Italy And... France zero hedge ... how will the long-suffering workers of Greece, Spain, and Italy (and also France), who are confident they have gone to the 9th circle of hell in the past 4 years, react when they realize that none of the needed internal devaluation has actually taken place yet?...
Spain's disabled protest austerity cuts Associated Press ...More than 10,000 people, many in wheelchairs or being led by guide dogs, marched in a demonstration with the slogan "SOS Disability: Save our Rights, Inclusion and Welfare..."
Lines Blur as Texas Gives Industries a Bonanza New York Times ...Texas gives out more of the incentives than any other state, around $19 billion a year ... Yet the raw numbers mask a more complicated reality behind the flood of incentives, the examination shows, and raise questions about who benefits more, the businesses or the people of Texas. Along with the huge job growth, the state has the third-highest proportion of hourly jobs paying at or below minimum wage. And despite its low level of unemployment, Texas has the 11th-highest poverty rate among states...
Kasich’s ODOT “considers” spending turnpike money in Southern Ohio Plunderbund ... the Kasich Administration is trying to gain statewide support for their soon-to-be released Ohio Turnpike plan by teasing Ohioans with the possibility that turnpike lease/bonding money could be used to help solve all of their transportation woes...
Stealth Class Warfare (opinion) Angry Bear ...arrogance is at work in the class warfare that the radical right is waging against the social programs that have been partof the great stabilization of the middle class and a singular pathway to a more sustainable lifestyle for those who are underprivileged in America--Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
Next Up For A "Recovering" Europe: A 30-50% Collapse In Wages In Spain, Italy And... France zero hedge ... how will the long-suffering workers of Greece, Spain, and Italy (and also France), who are confident they have gone to the 9th circle of hell in the past 4 years, react when they realize that none of the needed internal devaluation has actually taken place yet?...
Spain's disabled protest austerity cuts Associated Press ...More than 10,000 people, many in wheelchairs or being led by guide dogs, marched in a demonstration with the slogan "SOS Disability: Save our Rights, Inclusion and Welfare..."
Lines Blur as Texas Gives Industries a Bonanza New York Times ...Texas gives out more of the incentives than any other state, around $19 billion a year ... Yet the raw numbers mask a more complicated reality behind the flood of incentives, the examination shows, and raise questions about who benefits more, the businesses or the people of Texas. Along with the huge job growth, the state has the third-highest proportion of hourly jobs paying at or below minimum wage. And despite its low level of unemployment, Texas has the 11th-highest poverty rate among states...
Kasich’s ODOT “considers” spending turnpike money in Southern Ohio Plunderbund ... the Kasich Administration is trying to gain statewide support for their soon-to-be released Ohio Turnpike plan by teasing Ohioans with the possibility that turnpike lease/bonding money could be used to help solve all of their transportation woes...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Today's Teamster News 12.02.12
The Insourcing Boom The Atlantic ...Just five years ago, not to mention 10 or 20 years ago, the unchallenged logic of the global economy was that you couldn’t manufacture much besides a fast-food hamburger in the United States. Now the CEO of America’s leading industrial manufacturing company says it’s not Appliance Park that’s obsolete—it’s offshoring that is...
Walmart's New Health Care Policy Shifts Burden To Medicaid, Obamacare Huffington Post ...Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, plans to begin denying health insurance to newly hired employees who work fewer than 30 hours a week, according to a copy of the company’s policy obtained by The Huffington Post...
Fast-food striker fired — but not for long Salon ...A Wendy's worker is fired -- then reinstated -- and the surprise strike by NYC workers sparks little backlash...
How will Kasich play the turnpike? (opinion) Cleveland Plain Dealer ...Kasich is considering privatizing Ohio's best-maintained highway to plug a hole in the transportation budget and raise funds for infrastructure projects throughout the state...
No, the Social Security Trust Fund Isn't a Fiction Mother Jones ... When wealthy pundits like Krauthammer claim that the trust fund is a fiction, they're trying to renege on a deal halfway through because they don't want to pay back the loans they got...
Meet the Four Companies That Together Provided Most of 2012 Earnings Growth in the S&P 500 Slate ...Just four companies—Apple, AIG, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America—together provided a majority of overall earnings growth among large-cap companies...
Walmart's New Health Care Policy Shifts Burden To Medicaid, Obamacare Huffington Post ...Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, plans to begin denying health insurance to newly hired employees who work fewer than 30 hours a week, according to a copy of the company’s policy obtained by The Huffington Post...
Fast-food striker fired — but not for long Salon ...A Wendy's worker is fired -- then reinstated -- and the surprise strike by NYC workers sparks little backlash...
How will Kasich play the turnpike? (opinion) Cleveland Plain Dealer ...Kasich is considering privatizing Ohio's best-maintained highway to plug a hole in the transportation budget and raise funds for infrastructure projects throughout the state...
No, the Social Security Trust Fund Isn't a Fiction Mother Jones ... When wealthy pundits like Krauthammer claim that the trust fund is a fiction, they're trying to renege on a deal halfway through because they don't want to pay back the loans they got...
Meet the Four Companies That Together Provided Most of 2012 Earnings Growth in the S&P 500 Slate ...Just four companies—Apple, AIG, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America—together provided a majority of overall earnings growth among large-cap companies...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Today's Teamster News 09.27.11
Michael Moore helps to "Occupy Wall Street CBS News ...Protesters camping out in a lower Manhattan plaza to speak out against corporate greed and social inequality got a morale boost Monday from filmmaker activist Michael Moore, who told the crowd they were the start of something big...
Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight Associated Press ...A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts...
Probe rattles Wisconsin politics Politico ...A criminal investigation has shaken Wisconsin political circles and touched off speculation that Gov. Scott Walker may be in its sights, according to numerous reports...
5 bidders in running to help Ohio unload turnpike WFMJ.com ...Republican Gov. John Kasich has said he wants to hire private consultants to help Ohio determine how to get the most benefit from the 241-mile toll road in northern Ohio...
Editorial: Unions, Michigan have no time for a right-to-work brawl Detroit Free Press ...Contract talks between the UAW and Detroit's Big Three appear to be wending their way fitfully toward a resolution....So it's an odd moment for anyone to claim that organized labor is the chief obstacle to Michigan's economic recovery, and a dangerous time to risk a Wisconsin-style showdown...
Fired prisons chief Ed Buss still talks; Gov. Rick Scott not happy Tampabay.com ...he was around long enough to make a series of skeptical statements about a privatization venture that was hatched by the Legislature, discussed only fleetingly in public and imposed on his former agency without ever seeking his expert opinion...
Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight Associated Press ...A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts...
Probe rattles Wisconsin politics Politico ...A criminal investigation has shaken Wisconsin political circles and touched off speculation that Gov. Scott Walker may be in its sights, according to numerous reports...
5 bidders in running to help Ohio unload turnpike WFMJ.com ...Republican Gov. John Kasich has said he wants to hire private consultants to help Ohio determine how to get the most benefit from the 241-mile toll road in northern Ohio...
Editorial: Unions, Michigan have no time for a right-to-work brawl Detroit Free Press ...Contract talks between the UAW and Detroit's Big Three appear to be wending their way fitfully toward a resolution....So it's an odd moment for anyone to claim that organized labor is the chief obstacle to Michigan's economic recovery, and a dangerous time to risk a Wisconsin-style showdown...
Fired prisons chief Ed Buss still talks; Gov. Rick Scott not happy Tampabay.com ...he was around long enough to make a series of skeptical statements about a privatization venture that was hatched by the Legislature, discussed only fleetingly in public and imposed on his former agency without ever seeking his expert opinion...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Today's Teamster News 08.28.11
Would governor recall be a package deal? Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...In a possible recall election, are Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch a package deal or separate tickets? ...so far there's no official answer...
U.S. companies bid to guide Ohio in any turnpike deal WKSU ...Companies across the country are bidding to develop the plan the state may use if it decides to privatize the Ohio Turnpike...
Indiana considers first schools takeover WBEZ ...Board members are expected to hear State Superintendent Tony Bennett recommend that five academically poor-performing schools have management, and possibly many teachers, replaced by the state beginning next year. Teachers union contracts would be nullified as well...
Rick Scott's Missing-Emails Situation Is Getting Fishy Broward Palm Beach New Times ...Gov. Rick Scott's magically deleted email debacle is starting to sound a bit ridiculous already, even though he's ordered an "investigation" by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement...
As Rick Perry ascends, dreams of President Chris Christie fade Newark Star Ledger ...Could it be that the long flirtation is coming to an end, that the dreams of a President Chris Christie must now be put on ice until 2016?...
Manufacturing in the valleys: Getting back on track Roanoke Times ...a company that builds things is hiring. FreightCar America, at its Roanoke factory, this past week announced a big order and plans to hire about 200 people...
U.S. companies bid to guide Ohio in any turnpike deal WKSU ...Companies across the country are bidding to develop the plan the state may use if it decides to privatize the Ohio Turnpike...
Indiana considers first schools takeover WBEZ ...Board members are expected to hear State Superintendent Tony Bennett recommend that five academically poor-performing schools have management, and possibly many teachers, replaced by the state beginning next year. Teachers union contracts would be nullified as well...
Rick Scott's Missing-Emails Situation Is Getting Fishy Broward Palm Beach New Times ...Gov. Rick Scott's magically deleted email debacle is starting to sound a bit ridiculous already, even though he's ordered an "investigation" by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement...
As Rick Perry ascends, dreams of President Chris Christie fade Newark Star Ledger ...Could it be that the long flirtation is coming to an end, that the dreams of a President Chris Christie must now be put on ice until 2016?...
Manufacturing in the valleys: Getting back on track Roanoke Times ...a company that builds things is hiring. FreightCar America, at its Roanoke factory, this past week announced a big order and plans to hire about 200 people...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Today's Teamster News 08.10.11
Both sides see victories in hard-fought Wisconsin recall contests Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... Democrats won two Wisconsin Senate seats in Tuesday’s historic recall elections, but failed to capture a third seat that would have given them control of the chamber...
Wis. Dems won't challenge results Politico ...After firing a series of sharp missives against Waukesha County clerk Kathy Nickolaus, Wisconsin Democratic chairman Mike Tate reels in his barbs in an early Wednesday morning statement...
Wisconsin wrap up, a real victory, and we fight on DailyKos ...We took the fight into red territory, and took two seats. What was a safe 19-14 GOP advantage is now a narrow 17-16...
Democrat wins special House election Manchester Union-Leader ...“Bob Perry's victory tonight is a complete and total rejection of Republican House Speaker Bill O'Brien's reckless job-killing agenda,” said New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley...
Rick Scott paying tea-party activist $70k in ‘public liaison’ post Orlando Sentinel ...Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday defended his decision to hire tea party activist Robin Stublen as a new “deputy director of public liaison” at $70,000 a year, pledging to “hold him accountable” to the taxpayers...
Truckers have concerns over OH turnpike going private WTOL ...Ed Nagle, a trustee with the Ohio Trucking Association, is raising concerns because he wants Ohio to avoid mistakes made when the Indiana Toll Road went private...
Wis. Dems won't challenge results Politico ...After firing a series of sharp missives against Waukesha County clerk Kathy Nickolaus, Wisconsin Democratic chairman Mike Tate reels in his barbs in an early Wednesday morning statement...
Wisconsin wrap up, a real victory, and we fight on DailyKos ...We took the fight into red territory, and took two seats. What was a safe 19-14 GOP advantage is now a narrow 17-16...
Democrat wins special House election Manchester Union-Leader ...“Bob Perry's victory tonight is a complete and total rejection of Republican House Speaker Bill O'Brien's reckless job-killing agenda,” said New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Raymond Buckley...
Rick Scott paying tea-party activist $70k in ‘public liaison’ post Orlando Sentinel ...Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday defended his decision to hire tea party activist Robin Stublen as a new “deputy director of public liaison” at $70,000 a year, pledging to “hold him accountable” to the taxpayers...
Truckers have concerns over OH turnpike going private WTOL ...Ed Nagle, a trustee with the Ohio Trucking Association, is raising concerns because he wants Ohio to avoid mistakes made when the Indiana Toll Road went private...
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