By Joe Jordan 

Despite an avalanche of financial problems at Omaha City Hall, State Senator Brad Ashford of Omaha says he’s against recalling Mayor Jim Suttle. Instead, Ashford is pushing for a merger of City-County government, with a countywide Mayor, to fix a mess of higher taxes, increasing pension costs, and cuts in services.
In an interview with Nebraska Watchdog, Ashford says a [...]

MacIver News Service
[Milwaukee, Wisc...] Although they were able to recall some laid off teachers courtesy of the latest federal bailout, Milwaukee Public Schools’ spending practices continue to come under scrutiny.
Some of the more interesting expenditures are highlighted, above. They include:

$450 for the rental of a ‘bounce house’
$4,000 for youth and adult martial arts, Yoga [...]

Jessica Anderson
This is the second of a three part series examining the new president of the University of North Carolina Thomas Ross.
Part 1: Ross speedily confirmed as President of UNC System, ACORN ties and all
Thomas Ross, while the head of the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation, steered over $280,000 to Planned Parenthood from 2001-2007 [...]

HONOLULU – On August 27, 2010, Attorney General Mark J. Bennett filed a Complaint in First Circuit Court for the State of Hawai`i for Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive, and Declaratory Relief against The Financial Group Legal Plan, Inc. (Financial Group) and its plan administrator, Daniel Yoshio Doi (Doi), alleging:
(1) Financial Group was not authorized to [...]

By Rachel Whitten/KansasReporter
Some Kansans are not satisfied with the way state judges are chosen, and they’re doing something to fix the process.
Not only was a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Wichita, but separately, a grassroots petition effort has put a question on the ballot for the Nov. 2 election in Atchison [...]