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Enraged by Walker, activists put Kloppenburg’s Supreme Court campaign on their shoulders Kent Hall is mad as hell at Gov. Scott Walker, but since Walker isn’t up for re-election he wants to vent his anger on Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, who is. So he started his own political action committee to back Prosser’s opponent, JoAnne ...
Indiana prosecutor resigns after suggesting fake attack on Walker to discredit protesters An Indiana deputy prosecutor and Republican activist resigned Thursday after the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism uncovered an email to Gov. Scott Walker in which he suggested a fake attack on the governor to discredit union protesters. ...
Prosser won’t recuse himself in appeal of collective bargaining law Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says he won’t recuse himself from deciding whether the state’s highest court should consider a lawsuit filed over a recently passed law taking away collective bargaining rights from public employees. A ...
Appeals court sends union bill appeal to Supreme Court Finding that there are too many issues that require clarification, a state appeals court on Thursday sent the state attorney general’s appeal of a decision barring implementation of Gov. Scott Walker’s measure to restrict public sector unions to the ...
State Republicans’ Bill Would Block Health Care Law Two Wisconsin GOP legislators will try to block the state from implementing parts of the federal health care reform law. A bill being circulated by Sen. Joe Liebham of Sheboygan and Rep. Robin Vos of Racine would amend the state Constitution to ...
Court Of Appeals Declines To Rule On Union Law The Wisconsin Court of Appeals declined on Thursday to rule on a Dane County judge’s order stopping the publication of a controversial union law passed by the Legislature earlier this month. The case will now be decided by the state Supreme Court. ...
SPEND FRIDAY EVENING WITH YONG ZHAO email from www.SaveOurSchoolsMarch.org| Gentle Readers, Join Like-minded public education advocates in a webinar with Dr. Zhao. Dr. Yong Zhao is one of America's most vocal advocates for real school reform. He writes with great passion about the ...
Parent Trigger – JUDGE: COMPTON USD VIOLATED RIGHTS IN McKINLEY CASE By The Associated Press in Ed Week | http://bit.ly/i7zhOW March 23, 2011 - Compton, Calif. - A Superior Court judge ruled that the Compton Unified School District violated parents' first amendment rights by imposing an onerous signature verification ...
The Revolving Door: SENIOR GATES FOUNDATION OFFICIAL JOINS PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS AS CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Colleen Oliver Brings Experience from Turnaround and Effective Teaching Efforts in Chicago and Memphis PLAS Press Release Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:33 PM - LOS ANGELES – The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools today announced Colleen Oliver will ...
Pure Rant Holy Crap… Does it get worse every year, or have I changed? I teach seniors. I teach nine week classes on a block schedule. Every nine weeks, I get a new load of 16-25 year olds that I see for 85 minutes every day. (Serious…I had a 25-year-old this ...
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AP: Emails show Wis. GOP considerations to punish Dems *March 23, 2011-* Everything from taking away computers to denying a year of service in the state retirement system was considered to punish the 14 Wisconsin Democrats who fled to Illinois for three weeks to block passage of a bill taking away union ...
Sorry... We're Closed: Since Walker Sworn-In, 19 Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs Have Cost Wisconsin 2,207 in Lost Jobs *-Originally posted by Jud Lounsbury on Uppity Wisconsin* *March 23, 2011-* According to Wisconsin law, businesses employing 50 or more persons in the State of Wisconsin must provide written notice 60 days before implementing a "business (plant) ...
Think Progress: Buried Provision In House GOP Bill Would Cut Off Food Stamps To Entire Families If One Member Strikes *March 23, 2011-* All around the country, right-wing legislators are asking middle class Americans to pay for budget deficits caused mainly by a recession caused by Wall Street; they are attacking workers’ collective bargaining rights, which has ...
akufuncture donating sales to japan disaster relief Check it... more t-shirt sales going to Japan disaster relief. From now through the end of the month, Asian American clothing design company Akufuncture will be donating 50% of proceeds from sales to the American Red Cross. I've blogged about ...
apalc launches asian american & pacific islander naturalization network Last week, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center announced the launch of the Asian American & Pacific Islander Naturalization Network, a statewide campaign to encourage Asian American and Pacific Islander immigrants in California to become U.S. ...
