Inquirer Editorial: Christie should disclose secret political trips. Gov. Rick Scott Admits That His Biggest Budget Cut Was ‘People’ Walker’s Special Session Blocks Transparency. Last week, Governor Walker called a special session of the Wisconsin State Legislature.
Ostensibly called to focus on jobs, this “Back to Work” Special Session has twenty-six points, none of which actually mention jobs. Several address tax credits and loan guarantees, some involve natural resource use, others involve regulation of the trucking industry, while yet more come straight out of the ALEC playbook dealing with reducing consumer protections in tort cases. Brewer to lead delegation on trade mission to China. By Ginger Rough and Elizabeth Beard - Sept. 9, 2011 10:00 PM The Arizona Republic Gov. Jan Brewer will lead a delegation of more than two dozen government and private-sector business leaders on a trade mission to China next week, with the goal of drumming up new commerce and jobs here in Arizona. The group will leave Arizona on Wednesday and will visit with dignitaries, businesses and government officials in Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing and Hong Kong. The delegation also will attend a series of "investment seminars" in which China-based companies will discuss potential expansion opportunities in Arizona, the Governor's Office said Friday.
Illuminates Connections Between Rick Perry and Pharmaceutical Giant Merck on CNN.com. This morning, CNN.com published a column written by Sheila Krumholz, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, and Michael Beckel, a spokesman on the Center's communications staff, about GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry and his ties to pharmaceutical industry titan Merck.
"On Monday night at the CNN/Tea Party Republican Debate in Tampa, Florida, Gov. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker calls another special legislative session on jobs. We Party Patriots » Blog Archive » West Virginia, New Hampshire, Michigan Staving Off “Right-to-Work” WEST VIRGINIA Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, who ascended to the office when former Governor Joe Manchin won a special election to replace former Democratic leader Robert Byrd as Senator last November, has clarified his stance on “Right-to-Work” after comments made last week to the Charleston Daily Mail: During an interview last week with the Daily Mail editorial board about the governor’s race, Tomblin and Republican Bill Maloney were both asked if they would support a right-to-work law.
Minnesota Protesters Drop Glitter On Anti-Marriage Equality Fair Booth. Dems blast Colorado congressman for accepting Koch cash. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wasted little time linking at least one Colorado congressman to Monday’s damning Bloomberg Markets Magazine report on Koch Industries.
Hours after Bloomberg published an investigative piece enumerating a pattern of dubious business practices at Koch Industries, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee blasted U.S. Core Civil Liberties Threatened in State Legislatures: Three Trends to Watch. State legislatures are ground zero in the fight for civil liberties.
Is Florida Ready to Pave Over Paradise after Decimating the Department of Community Affairs? » Florida Progressive Coalition Blog - “They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum” (Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi”) The state Department of Community Affairs will no longer exist in Florida after this year.
A recent editorial in the Tampa Tribune noted that half the planning staff was laid off and the remaining members of the planning agency would become part of the new Department of Economic Opportunity. This change heralds a shift in Florida’s approach to growth management. FBI Raid's Target Was "Point Person" For Wisconsin Governor Walker's Anti-Labor Program. Share When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took a phone call that he thought was from billionaire campaign donor David Koch, he described the secret meeting of his cabinet at which he outlined the “budget repair bill” that stripped collective bargaining protections from public employees and teachers, replaced civil servants with political cronies and made it possible to sell off public utilities in no-bid deals with out-of-state corporations.
Walker was talking himself up as a new Ronald Reagan, in hopes of impressing one of the primary funders of conservative projects in the United States. But his comments revealed the previously unknown details regarding the political machinations behind a piece of legislation so controversial that it would provoke mass demonstrations, court battles and legislative recall elections. Michigan Set To Enact Sweeping 'Financial Martial Law' Bill. Two tax proposals under consideration, possibly initiatives to the ballot. Walker's Win: Major Public Employee Unions To Lose Official Status. Wisconsin Gov.
Scott Walker's (R) legislation stripping public employee unions of most collective bargaining rights, and imposing new restrictions on their organization, is set to have its logical conclusion on Thursday -- when the major state employee unions officially decline to seek recertification. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, today is the deadline for unions to file petitions seeking a recertification election, and to pay a fee to the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission. Assembly votes to give Walker veto over administrative rules. Madison - Lawmakers voted Thursday to give Gov.
Scott Walker veto power over new state rules that have the force of law. The bill passed the Assembly, 58-34, with all Republicans voting along with Rep. GOPers Urged Scott Walker To Smear Unions With Fake Attack. Audio: Chris Christie Lets Loose at Secret Koch Brothers Confab. Michigan Set To Enact Sweeping 'Financial Martial Law' Bill. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin at 350.org's "Moving Planet" event. Phoenix area may lose funds for security. By Richard Ruelas - Sept. 7, 2011 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic The Phoenix area is better prepared to handle a terrorist attack, natural disaster or pandemic than it was in 2001.
Nearly $92 million in federal dollars has made sure of that. Police and fire departments used that money to buy highly sophisticated trucks, warehouses full of safety equipment and pay for thousands of hours of training for officers and firefighters through a federal program started in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Phoenix's dwindling disaster funding | East Valley braces for cuts For nine years, the price of all that extra vigilance was borne by the federal government, which doled out taxpayer dollars in the form of Urban Area Security Initiative grants.
But the flow of money from Washington, D.C., has declined by one-third over the past five years. Earlier this year, federal officials cut Tucson from the grant program, along with Honolulu, Kansas City, Sacramento and 27 other cities. Brewer touts education-reform plan incorporating website. Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 By Joanne Ingram Cronkite News Other plan details: – School year 2011/2012: Parents of kindergarten and first grade students will begin to receive information about the goal of reading by the end of third grade. – School year 2012/2013: A Teacher/Principal Evaluation system will be implemented by school districts, which will include student test scores. – School year 2013/2014: Third-graders whose AIMS scores fall below the third grade level will not move on to fourth grade unless exempted.
Governor's spokesman granted immunity. Rick Scott awards $720k in military grants to Clay and Duval Counties. Wisconsin Legislators Support Corporate Right to Secret Spending. Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a bill to prohibit the state elections board from passing any rules regulating corporations, as part of an effort to thwart rules that would show how corporate interests are laundering election spending through front groups. Lawmakers only meet one day this month (Tuesday, September 13) and plan to take up the bill during that brief window. Report: Legislature cut ‘safety nets’ in Florida as poverty soared.
While the number of Floridians in poverty surpassed 3 million in 2010, the Florida Legislature cut state programs aimed at helping those facing unemployment and poverty, a new report finds. Chris Christie met with Koch brother before pulling out of climate pact. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor, Eyed In Corruption Probe After FBI Raid On Cynthia Archer's Home. MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Gov. Wisconsin Governor Walker Stonewalls as FBI Raids Home of Top Political Aide. Share. Sunnyside's superintendent raise has taxpayers riled. Politifact. Scott Walker Touts Jobs Outside Wisconsin On Website For Unemployed State Residents. By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS. Scott Walker and the GOP Reveal Depth of Their Voter-Exclusion Plan.