By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog

SANTA FE — Public employees — including teachers — who serve in the Roundhouse can still receive the salaries from their jobs away from the legislature as well as their legislative per diem of $153 after a reform bill introduced by three Republican state reps was tabled in committee [...]

By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog

LINCOLN — A move keeping state lawmakers in office longer—12 years instead of eight— has the backing of nearly half of Nebraska’s state senators but more are needed to send the issue to the voters.

By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog

LINCOLN — One man tells the people who run Omaha’s nuclear power plant, “You scare the hell out of me.”
In addition, as Nebraska Watchdog has reported, offiicials with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are far from ready to restart the troubled Fort Calhoun reactor, which has been shut down since last April.
All this at a public [...]

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The Story of How the NY NAACP Sued Charter Schools Serving Black Kids
As school choice becomes more integrated into the fabric of American public education, teachers unions have been using a new tactic to fight these reforms: the lawsuit.  And it’s making for strange bedfellows.
The United Federation of Teachers, the New York City [...]

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog

SANTA FE — As Republican Gov. Susana Martinez began to address a joint session of the New Mexico legislature on Tuesday (Jan. 17), as soon as she opened her mouth, a handful of protesters started shouting from the gallery.
“Mic check!” they shouted in unison, echoing a phrase used in the [...]