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Highlights: Republicans Threaten To Defund the National Labor Relations Board; Daniels signs sweeping education bills, nation's largest school voucher plan; Schweitzer vetoes bill requiring ID to vote; Michigan Senate approves business regulation limits; full Scrooge Alert at http://dailyscroogealert.blogspot.com/

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Republicans Threaten To Defund the National Labor Relations Board

AL, FL, GA, LA and MS Do Not Have State Agencies to Enforce Wage and Hour Standards

Pennsylvania

Rep. Kate Harper (R) proposes 'fair' tax on drillers...

Corbett silent on toll hike...

Indiana

Daniels signs sweeping education bills, nation's largest school voucher plan

Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels on Thursday signed into law a plan giving Indiana the nation's most sweeping private school voucher program.

Daniels signs charter school, voucher bills
Indianapolis Star
Two other bills already signed into law limit teacher collective bargaining and overhaul teacher evaluation. "Now the question is -- how do you make it all happen?" said state Board of Education Dan Elsener, who attended the Mind Trust luncheon

Wisconsin

State Political News: June 6 a big day for the collective bargaining dispute
Pierce County Herald
George Meyer of the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, whose group supports concealed carry, says the bills do not require the safety training that deer hunters need to get. And that training has resulted in fewer injuries over the years

Wisconsin's senate recall election prospects
The Guardian
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's bill removing collective bargaining rights for state workers is a key victory for Republicans; even if Democrats win back control of the senate, Walker can veto any repeal effort.

Republicans target Wisconsin in 2012
Green Bay Press Gazette
Wisconsin Democrats counter that because of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's record, the GOP's success in 2010 could haunt the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. Walker's budget-balancing plan, which restricts collective bargaining for most public ...

Ohio

Dems balk at wording in Ohio budget on teachers
BusinessWeek
By ANN SANNER Ohio House Democrats have failed at stripping the state budget proposal of a provision for teachers' pay raises that resembles part of contentious collective bargaining law. The law and budget measure contain similar provisions that would

Michigan

Michigan Senate approves business regulation limits

The Michigan Senate has approved legislation that would limit the authority of state departments to adopt regulations for businesses that are tougher than federal rules.

Rep. Levin says Republican bill threatens federal extended unemployment benefits

Today, Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced legislation that would allow states to use funding set aside for emergency unemployment benefits to be redirected to repay debt that states owe to the government for jobless benefits.

New Hampshire

Collective bargaining should remain in N.H.
Seacoastonline.com
Collective bargaining between employees and employers is the right way to provide safe working conditions, healthy workers and wages that benefit the entire state economy. The so-called Right to Work bill would destroy that process

House passes voter ID bill

The New Hampshire House yesterday passed a bill that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls, by a vote of 243-111.

Maine

Fast-tracked health insurance bill clears House vote

In a party-line vote on Thursday, House Republicans gave initial approval to a package of sweeping changes in Maine's health insurance laws, overriding minority Democrats' objections that lawmakers had not had time to read the contents of the bill or consider the implications of their vote.

Montana

Schweitzer vetoes bill requiring ID to vote

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has vetoed a bill to require a government-issued photo identification to cast a vote during an election.