Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Union law published despite restraining order Fitzgerald, Barca disagree on whether law goes into effect Saturday *March 25, 2011-* In a stunning twist, Gov. Scott Walker's legislation limiting collective bargaining for public workers was published Friday despite a judge's hold on the measure, ...
NPR News: Wis. Union Law May Take Effect, Despite Court Order *March 25, 2011- *Wisconsin officials couldn't agree Friday about whether an explosive law taking away nearly all public worker collective bargaining rights was about to take effect after a nonpartisan legislative bureau published it despite a court ...
Color Lines: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s Financial Martial Law on Poor Cities *March 25, 2011-* My friend Judith Browne-Dianis, who runs the Advancement Project, just turned me on to this evil mechanism that allows governors to take over local decision making. On the heels of Wisconsin’s move to strip public employees of ...
Solve Climate News: Developer Pulls Plug on Wisconsin Wind Farm Over Policy Uncertainty Other wind energy firms are expected to follow in Invenergy's footsteps and move planned projects to states with more favorable wind policies ** *March 24, 2011- *Wind energy developer Invenergy pulled the plug on a planned wind farm in Wisconsin ...
Mother Jones: Rick Scott's Medicaid Overhaul to Benefit…Rick Scott? *March 25, 2011-* Republican governor Rick Scott's push to privatize Medicaid in Florida is highly controversial—not least because the health care business Scott handed over to his wife when he took office could reap a major profit if the legislation ...
Talking Points Memo: Washington GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Distances From Scott Walker *March 25, 2011-* We know conservative politicians in safe districts are happy to align themselves with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. In fact, they fawn over him. But for vulnerable pols, or hopefuls in battleground states and districts, it's a ...
Talking Points Memo: Walker's Office: We Never Saw The 'False Flag' E-Mail From Indiana Prosecutor *March 25, 2011-* Gov. Scott Walker's (R-WI) staff says that no one on the staff ever read an e-mail sent to them in February by a deputy prosecutor in Johnson County, Ind., which encouraged the Walker administration to stage a "false flag" assault ...
Talking Points Memo: Anti-Union Push Picks Up Steam On Capitol Hill *March 25, 2011-* In the next several days, the state-level fight between Democrats and Republicans over unions will go federal. House Republicans want to re-establish old rules which say that when aviation or rail workers don't vote in unionization ...
The Nation: Wisconsin GOP Seeks to Silence a Distinguished Dissenter. McCarthyism is Back. *March 25, 2011-* William Cronon is about as distinguished an academic as you will find in the United States. The Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of ...
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: The Race to the Bottom *WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT* WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Talking Points Memo: Wis. GOP FOIAs Emails of State University Prof Critical Of Gov. Walker *March 25, 2011-* Professor William Cronon, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is now in a serious tangle with none other than the state Republican Party, in yet another battle over Scott Walker's new anti-public employee union law. After Cronon ...
RT: Fake Assassination Plot in WI WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
WisconsinWatch.Org: Email to Walker suggested faking violence Indiana prosecutor denies encouraging Wisconsin violence *March 24, 2011-* Updated 3:59 p.m. Carlos Lam has admitted writing the email and resigned as deputy prosecutor of Johnson County, according to a statement from the Johnson County Prosecutor. ...
The Young Turks: Governor Hates Working People WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
