Illinois State Representative Derrick Smith who was arrested last week and charged for accepting a $7000 bribe from a government informant, to write a letter supporting a state grant for a day care center, had no trouble winning his democratic
(AP) Dollars and endorsements shifting toward RomneyBy KASIE HUNTAssociated PressWASHINGTONMitt Romney says he’s “almost there” after pursuing the Republican presidential nomination for six years, and there are fresh signs that big GOP donors and establishment figures agree. Major contributors are
Community Organizer Dinu Ahmed has an item at the Huffington Post regarding protests against in-school arrests. A large number of left-leaning groups claim to be supportive of that effort. At the same time comes an item linked down below. Bronx, NY —
(AP) Romney pushes GOP presidential race toward a closeBy KASIE HUNTAssociated PressWASHINGTONMitt Romney says he’s “almost there” in his six-year pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination after defeating Rick Santorum in the Illinois GOP primary. There are signs that big
We’d always heard they did things a little differently in Louisiana, and now we’re sure of it. The school boards of three Louisiana school districts – East Baton Rouge, St. Martin and Vermilion – voted to cancel classes one day last week so their unionized teachers
(AP) Republican Catholics cool so far to Rick SantorumBy RACHEL ZOLL AND KASIE HUNTAssociated PressSAN JUAN, Puerto RicoAt El Sendero De La Cruz evangelical church, Rick Santorum sought prayers along with votes. He told the San Juan congregation that he
Comedian and former host of “Loveline” Adam Carolla explained to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly why Republicans have such a hard time in California, noting the cultural presuppositions about the Democrat Party and labor unions, which he cites as culpable for
The largest American labor federation promised this week it would launch the most aggressive campaign effort in the labor movement’s history, tapping at least 400,000 union members to fill the voter contact and get-out-the-vote voids in the larger Democratic operation. AFL-CIO
Union leaders in Louisiana should refrain from separating teachers from their classroom responsibilities with standardized testing set to begin, business representatives and reform proponents are arguing in response to recent school board actions. On Monday, the Vermilion Parish School Board
MADISON – Wisconsin’s teachers unions have complained bitterly about the loss of their collective bargaining privileges, but never told the people of Wisconsin how they routinely abused those privileges, to the detriment of local schools and their students. A new report from
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – Once again, Colorado’s Douglas County School District is making education news of the “man-bites-dog” variety. Just last year, the Douglas County school board made national headlines when it established a tuition voucher program for students who wanted to
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has been making the rounds throughout the state, promoting his education reform plan, which he has promised will be “the most far-reaching in our state’s history.” The Democratic governor wants to increase the number of charter schools
Michigan Republicans are backing the SEIU’s bilking of parents of disabled children. And they’re getting paid to do it. Here’s the whole story: In Michigan, many disabled people receive public subsidies, which they can then use to hire caretakers. Very
My state is considered a vital GOP pickup this fall, as no Republican has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio. Our midterm election’s results send mixed signals: a $40 million Big Labor smear campaign convinced Ohioans to overturn public union reform,
Breitbart.com has received exclusive tape of an Occupy Strategy Session at New York University, billed as a group talk on “The Abolition of Capitalism.” One of the headline speakers at this session was Stephen Lerner, former leader and International Board
True the Vote issued a press release yesterday detailing preliminary results of their recall analysis. While the unions will likely get the approximately 540,000 petitions they needed to force a recall vote against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, hundreds of thousands
The health plan for teachers union members in Buffalo, NY apparently includes liposuction and nose jobs – and we pay for all of it. As CNN reports: The sweet deal that all the 3,400 teachers in Buffalo are eligible to get
Set aside Wisconsin’s Governor Walker for a moment – another crucial ‘unions vs. the people’ showdown is happening right now in New York. Most of us have heard of mixed martial arts (MMA), the fastest growing sport in the world,
Documents obtained by Big Government show that the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is spending union dues in the race for the Ohio Republican Primary, while MoveOn.org is spending its money on GOP’s Michigan’s primary. The
As many Americans watch in disbelief as Greek society deteriorates into anarchistic and Union-led riots, death, and chaos, those of us with experience in monitoring far Left extremism know what’s coming. In a past piece of mine from 2010, The Extreme
Meet Mark Weaver. Weaver is an Ohio political consultant who has been around the state for a long time, and had a pretty great track record before 2011. He was the campaign media consultant to Rob Portman’s successful Senate campaign
In light of recent investigative reports from the Daily Caller that reveal close coordination between Media Matters for America and the White House, BigJournalism and BigGovernment have undertaken the task of revisiting some of our prior reporting on the media
In the two previous blog installments “Part 1: Quid Pro Quo” and “Part 2: Get Out Jail Free Cards” the real-life scandal of government union boss Ron Saathoff is documented. “Part 1” exposes Saathoff’s abuse of his position and taxpayers
The Republican debate that just ended moments ago should not inspire confidence for Republicans. With Barack Obama suddenly rising in the polls, and a shocking number of Americans convinced of the nonsensical proposition that the economy is dramatically improving, the
MADISON – Wisconsin Education Association Council President Mary Bell is a liar. That’s according to a recent blog on BigGovernment.com by Collin Roth of Media Trackers. Roth looked into recent media reports that WEAC officials asked prospective gubernatorial candidates to promise to veto any budget that doesn’t
