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Highlights: Battle over Right to Work continues in Maine; PA: Pennsylvania budget surplus grows to nearly $540M with better-than-expected revenues in May; WI GOP try to evade Dane County Judge that ruled against anti-union legislation; Tennessee limits collective bargaining rights for teachers; UT: Governor announces end of Utah's four-day work week; NV: Sandoval, lawmakers reach budget deal; OH considers overhauling pensions while giving Wealthy schools more budget relief under Senate plan; Two NH GOP Lawmakers Resign Over House Speaker's Anti-Worker Agenda; MI Dems say ordinary folks financing Gov. Rick Snyder's business tax cut; full Scrooge Alert here http://dailyscroogealert.blogspot.com/
National
Republicans continue to be their own worst enemy
Washington Post
Voters in the PPP Ohio poll were asked if they intended to support the referendum likely to appear on this November's ballot that would repeal the Kasich-backed law sharply limiting collective bargaining rights for public employees. ...
Maine
"Right To Work Bill" Killed As Union Leaders Celebrate
by Rob Poindexter - June 1st 2011 05:24pm - Read more Local News Augusta - A lawmaker pushing for a law to guarantee workers the right to choose whether or ...
Maine House spikes second right to work bill
Maine House spikes second right to work bill The Maine House of Representatives today voted to kill the second of two “right to work” bills.
Retirees turn up heat on LePage budget
Kennebec Journal
LePage to pay for his tax breaks for Maine's wealthiest residents by cutting ... LD 788, the so-called "right to work" bill that would have given public and ...
Pennsylvania
PA: Pennsylvania budget surplus grows to nearly $540M with better-than-expected revenues in May
Pennsylvania state government had another better-than-expected revenue collection month in May, and on Wednesday it headed into the final month of the fiscal year with a nearly $540 million surplus as the debate intensifies in the Capitol over the depth of spending cuts being sought by Gov. Tom Corbett.
House Democrats want to utilize state's surplus
A report Wednesday showing a growing revenue surplus bolstered arguments of lawmakers who want to increase next year's proposed $27.3 billion budget.
Lies being pushed by anti-union group “Rebuilding America” in local newspaper: Is Pennsylvania next union target?
Governments have commonly raised taxes to cover increasing costs. But in most large governments, tax increases are often an indication of mismanagement, of government taking on never-envisioned responsibilities or both.
Ohio
Wealthy schools get most budget relief under Senate plan
Ohio's wealthier suburban districts faced the biggest cuts in Gov. John Kasich's proposed two-year budget, and now they are getting the lion's share of the relief from the Republican-controlled legislature.
State leaders consider public pension reform
DAYTON - Public pension reform is very likely coming to Ohio, with reform proposals on the table and the pressure of a state budget crisis driving calls for cuts in taxpayer contributions to plans that critics say are too generous when compared to what many private sector employees receive.
Texas
Democrats look for outside help on budget
Texas' GOP leadership celebrated an austere budget Tuesday as lawmakers began a special session forced by Democratic opposition to its education cutbacks.
Michigan
Senate Dems say ordinary folks financing Gov. Rick Snyder's business tax cut
While business leaders will spend the next few days generally applauding what Gov. Rick Snyder and a Republican-led Legislature has accomplished in the first six months, namely elimination of the Michigan Business Tax for some 140,000 companies, Senate Democrats have a different take.
Michigan lawmakers have begun taking steps to reflect Detroit's declining population in state law.
Phil Power: Snyder will need all the stamina he can muster
Livingston Daily
Last week, a "tea party" group renewed a call to make Michigan a "right to work" state. To do that would require amending the Michigan Constitution to ...
Wisconsin
Bill Would Allow Lawsuits Against State To Be Filed In Any County
WISC Madison
Republicans have called Sumi an "activist judge" for her decision last week striking down the state's collective bargaining law. Sumi ruled that Republican legislators violated Wisconsin's open meetings law when they met to pass the controversial
Walker's priorities largely remain in budget
WEAU-TV 13
Wisconsin is the next California, if we keep on in this manner. ... They will as soon as we become a Right to Work State. by TK-421 on Jun 1, 2011 at 01:46 ...
Minnesota
Legislators, governor have 30 days to set deal
Minnesota legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton are on the clock. They have exactly 30 days left to fashion a state budget plan for fiscal 2012-13 or state government will start shutting down. To let that happen is to abdicate their shared responsibilities as officials elected to govern this state, not to mention it marks an epic failure of their mutual priority when they ran for office.
Some Minn. workers to get layoff notices this week
About 800 Minnesota state employees will start getting layoff notices this week as Gov. Mark Dayton's administration prepares for a possible government shutdown on July 1, officials said Tuesday.
New Hampshire
Two NH GOP Lawmakers Resign Over House Speaker's Anti-Worker Agenda
John Lynch's (D) veto of the “right to work” bill. ... I was very clear that I would continue to support the rights of New Hampshire's workers even as a ...
NH Senate passes $10B budget package
Victoria Advocate
... one that labor unions said would weaken their collective bargaining rights. ... The New Hampshire Municipal Association, which represents communities, ...
Utah
UT: Governor announces end of Utah's four-day work week
Gov. Gary Herbert announced he was ending Utah's four-day work week as of Sept. 6 in a letter to state workers.
Tennessee
Tennessee limits collective bargaining rights for teachers
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Other states with Republican majorities have aimed blows at public worker collective bargaining this year, including Wisconsin and Ohio. Both states put limits on collective bargaining for public workers. The Wisconsin bill was blocked by a judge for ...
Missouri
Nixon announces jobs program for Joplin
JOPLIN, Mo. — The state of Missouri is creating a program to provide more than 400 temporary jobs for workers left unemployed by the Joplin tornado.
Nevada
NV: Sandoval, lawmakers reach budget deal
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Democrat-controlled Legislature agreed to a $6.2 billion general fund budget plan Wednesday that reduces government spending but avoids drastic cuts to education and social services.
New Jersey
NJ: Democrats line up to blast Gov. Christie for helicopter ride to baseball game
Democratic lawmakers are pouncing on news that Gov. Chris Christie rode a state helicopter to attend his son's baseball game on Wednesday.
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