Giffords Resigning, Husband Scheduled to Speak at UNL

By   /  January 23, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog
LINCOLN — With her husband scheduled to speak in Nebraska on Monday, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, announced today that she is resigning this week and will not run for re-election.
Giffords, who is a Democrat, was shot in the head a year ago during a shooting rampage in a Tuscon strip mall. [...]

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Child Care Providers to Challenge Unionization in Federal Court

By   /  January 20, 2012  /  News  /  1 Comment

National Right to Work Foundation assisting providers in challenging constitutionality
By Tom Steward | Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
ST. PAUL, MN — A group of child care providers from across Minnesota plan to file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis as soon as today challenging child care unionization on constitutional grounds. Providers told the Freedom [...]

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Public Teachers in NC Now Covered with Statewide Liability Insurance

By   /  January 19, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Matt Willoughby | CIVITAS Review
RALEIGH – Many public school employees joined such organizations as the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE)  mainly for the classroom liability insurance. They had dues automatically deducted from their paychecks to pay for it. But beginning in September of 2011 a new statewide insurance policy went into effect for those [...]

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Salaries of top Texas earners in government jobs examined

By   /  January 18, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Mark Lisheron
Beginning in 2008, with the economy and unemployment shooting past one another in the wrong directions, some of the highest paid public employees in Texas were enjoying banner years.
A partial review of local public salaries by Sunshine Review found the number of Tarrant County employees making at least $150,000 a year climbed from 13 [...]

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Luxury Hotels, Magicians, and Massage: Maine Housing Vendor List Reveals Questionable Expenditures

By   /  January 17, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Sam Adolphsen | The Maine Wire
AUGUSTA – What do social justice groups, professional DJs, massage therapists and luxury hotels have to do with affordable housing? That question is one of many which remain unanswered as the Maine State Housing Authority continues to delay the release of key expenditure details more than six months after a Freedom of Access [...]

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