Last August, Big Labor attempted to undo Governor Scott Walker’s initiative to cure Wisconsin’s massive debt, incurred as a result of years of Big Labor collective bargaining gone wild. The plan was to recall votes on six state Senate Republicans
WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) — American Crossroads, the largest of the Republican super PACs, said it plans to begin its first major anti-President Obama ad campaign this month. Leaders at American Crossroads said they would focus most of advertising from
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider taking another bite of the corporate political free speech apple recently, accepting a petition asking justices to summarily overturn a Montana Supreme Court decision petitioners say flies in the face of Citizens United.
The Chicago Teachers Union, and school employee unions in general, are pulling out all the stops to slow down a school choice and education reform movement that is bowling them over in numerous states and cities. Bold reform efforts are
The Chicago Teachers Union, and school employee unions in general, are pulling out all the stops to slow down a school choice and education reform movement that is bowling them over in numerous states and cities. Bold reform efforts are
The diversion of police resources to keep the peace at the 2011 Capitol Chaos impacted communities across the state, but perhaps nowhere was that impact felt as significantly as the City of Madison. The Capitol protests in Madison during February
Today the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform launched a new website: ProtectingOurWorkers.com. This will allow the committee to listen “directly to rank-and-file union workers to deliver accountability for forced political contributions.” It will also be used to hold
MADISON – Wisconsin’s public sector unions and their allies are hailing a recent court decision on Act 10 as a victory heading into the summer recall season. But the most important part of the new law – that collective bargaining is not a legal right -survived the
If you want to see the ugly underbelly of American politics, take a look at the documents we released last week detailing private events involving Democratic governors and Big Pharma. The events were held during the February 2012 winter meeting of the
Picture this: you are the president of a major law school. A visiting professor, assigned to teach an introductory law class, ignores the curriculum and instead usurps the class time to espouse a radical race theory he has recently developed.
Breitbart.com has learned that teachers in Wisconsin have been attending routine training workshops with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), a radical organization founded by Saul Alinsky in 1940. In a video produced by the MacIver Institute, organizers are seen arriving
(AP) Federal judge strikes down parts of Wis. union lawBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.A federal judge upheld most of Wisconsin’s contentious law curbing collective bargaining rights on Friday, but he sided with unions by overturning two portions of the law
(AP) Recall election ordered for Wis. Gov. Scott WalkerBy SCOTT BAUERAssociated PressMADISON, Wis.The recall election ordered Friday for embattled first-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker quickly turned into a possible rematch when the Democrat he narrowly defeated in 2010 announced he
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For the first time ever, Tennessee is basing a portion of a teacher’s evaluation on student test data. Test scores will be combined with a principal’s classroom observations to create an overall score for teachers, ranging from 1 (significantly
Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-Working Families Party) of Connecticut, the state with the largest achievement gap in the nation, made it clear that a primary focus of his agenda this year would be to fix what is broken with Connecticut’s public schools. The
(AP) In Wisconsin, Romney links Santorum to ‘big labor’By THOMAS BEAUMONT and PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated PressLACROSSE, Wis.Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is attacking rival Rick Santorum as a friend of “big labor” as they campaign in Wisconsin, where a fight over
What do SEIU members who show up to the Supreme Court in support of Health Care Reform do when you ask them about Obamacare waivers granted to some unions? Deny it. We went down to the union protests outside of the
By and large, politicians are not willing to tackle the unsustainable costs they’ve created. Consider Illinois public employee pensions. Public employee pensions have been a state expense. Therefore, a big chunk of legacy costs don’t need to be shown on
From MRCTV: MRCTV reporter Joe Schoffstall went down to the union protests outside of the Supreme Court to ask SEIU members about the waivers that have been granted to many unions. Their reaction was quite interesting.
Obamacare has become one of the most polarizing pieces of legislation ever passed. There was so much heat surrounding its passage that people got caught up and blinded by the rhetoric. On one hand, we were told that it had
Democrats and the left are inherently a sham with little actual grassroots support, and the race for Florida’s 18th Congressional District is yet another example of this truism. Repeatedly and across the country we see unions, Democrats, and other far
BOISE, Idaho – Millions of voters will go to the polls this year to choose between a more performance-based, accountable approach to public education, and the failed system supported by Big Labor. In Michigan, North Dakota and Idaho, state teachers unions are working to convince
Recently the Washington Post had a story about a coalition of left-wing advocacy groups calling for their counterparts on the conservative side to reveal all their donors, even though the law does not require it. The Post feels the crusade is a
Genia Lovett of the Post-Crescent newspaper in Appleton, WI reported over the weekend that the Gannett Wisconsin Media Investigative Team had discovered that 25 Gannett journalists had signed petitions to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, in violation of ethics codes. Previously,
An open records request filed by Milwaukee conservative radio personality Mark Belling has revealed that freedom of speech in some public schools is reserved for those who agree with the unions. According to information obtained by Belling, a custodian working for a private contractor
