Michigan’s right-to-work reform was very different than Walker’s reforms in Wisconsin. That’s states reforms covered the public sector. While it also eliminated mandatory union dues, it also eliminated collective bargaining for benefits, retaining it for wages. Michigan’s reforms only dealt
With Ohio looking extremely close, the AFL-CIO’s voter registration efforts may provide the margin of error for President Obama if he can somehow eke out a victory. Earlier this month, the AFL-CIO said it had registered over 450,000 voters across
The Huffington Post misquoted Ohio Governor John Kasich from a Wednesday Tampa event to make a comment of his seem racist. According to author Jon Ward, the Ohio governor said that African-Americans need to be convinced that they can “come
(AP) US states forecast highest tax revenue in 5 yearsBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONU.S. states expect to collect higher tax revenue in the coming budget year that combined would top pre-recession levels, according to a survey released Tuesday. The
(AP) Storms demolish small towns in Ind., Ky.; 38 deadBy ROGER ALFORD and JIM SUHRAssociated PressWEST LIBERTY, Ky.Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and
Are Wisconsin and Ohio still presidential swing states? Republicans swept to power in the Badger State and the Buckeye State in 2010. During the past year, Governor Walker and Governor Kasich have refused to settle for taxation & spending trends
For Ohio Governor John Kasich, Tuesday’s annual State of the State address offered an important venue to talk up his administration’s achievements and goals. Kasich gave this year’s speech at Wells Academy, a school in Steubenville, instead of the traditional Statehouse
There was breaking news last week of an upcoming meeting that has been called for the Ohio Republican Party (ORP) State Central Committee. Below is an excerpt of the memo sent out to committee members. > Proposed Amendment to the
It has never been a secret in Ohio that there are tensions between Governor John Kasich and Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine. However, earlier this month, DeWine took the squabble public, which Ohio’s press gleefully reported. Democrats and anti-Kasich
For America to have any hope of averting fiscal collapse, the GOP presidential nominee will need to win Ohio in less than 11 months. Each day of Ohio Republican Party (ORP) infighting improves the odds for President Obama and Senator
This is classic MSM spin, and it’s important to note the context. “First Read”‘s Mark Murray is not saying that the beating ObamaCare took at the hands of Ohio voters yesterday will hurt Governor Mitt Romney in the GOP primary…
School reformers across the nation are closely watching Ohio, where a statewide referendum next Tuesday will determine the fate of SB 5, the legislation that would greatly curtail collective bargaining privileges for teachers and other public employees. This gutsy law,
By now you’ve surely heard about Mitt Romney’s famous visit to Ohio on Tuesday. First, he visited a call center where volunteers were doing work for Issues 2 and 3, but then declined to endorse the issues. Conservatives around the
…Or, Unions Win, Right-to-Work States Win, You Lose With less than two weeks before the November 8th elections and with the polls leaning toward repealing SB5, it appears that Ohioans are ready to vote to increase their taxes and unemployment.
Cincinnati firefighter Doug Stern, frontman for union efforts to defeat public sector labor reforms in Ohio, is apparently unable to explain the health costs he has been describing to millions of Ohio voters. For most of the past year, the
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote a piece about how the left wing in Ohio has such a burning hatred for Governor John Kasich, that they will use any and every piece of news about him to launch an
During the April 3rd panel discussion on Fox News Sunday, the subject of the Qur’an burning pastor from Florida, Terry Jones came up. When the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol chimed in, he referred to Jones as a “total jackass (who)
Although last year’s midterm elections dealt Democrats a devastating blow at the federal level, what has liberals reeling now are the ramifications of power Republicans accumulated on the state level as well. Just consider their reaction to the union-adjusting policies
Courtesy of Johnny Dollar. Enjoy: [youtube txjXBx9-2c0 nolink] Ms Maddow’s examples of this happening on FNC? A grand total of: one. John Kasich, appearing on Hannity, gave out his website URL and encouraged donations. It’s the only example Maddow gave
This past Saturday, my wife Karen, and I had the opportunity to once again take in a U2 show. This one was at Soldier Field in Chicago and kicked off the U.S. leg of the 360 Tour. The tour gets
My friends know that I get juiced up to see a really good concert. Last night in Columbus, however, I walked into Nationwide Arena for the Fleetwood Mac show not really sure if I wanted to be there. I went
When MTV first came out in the early ’80s, it was the greatest thing going. But over the years, they stopped showing videos and the music seemed to die. Until recently, it was difficult to find actual music on television.
