By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun
The state teachers union plans to make a $1 million campaign contribution Wednesday to jumpstart a political campaign to pass a 2 percent business tax on the 2014 ballot.
By Sarah Schulte, abc7chicago.com
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis had some sharp words Tuesday over the funding of public schools.
LaborPains.org
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” So it was for Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III. So too it is today for former union members in Indiana.
By Larry Doyle, wallstreetpit.com
Those in Washington and elsewhere have little interest in drawing attention to the municipal disaster that is the City of Detroit, Michigan.
Star Tribune
Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration has responded to a federal lawsuit seeking to block unionization of certain in-home day providers with a court filing saying opponents lack standing to sue.
DeadlineDetroit.com
Bill Johnson, a veteran Detroit political commentator, has harsh words for organizers of a 50th anniversary commemoration Saturday of a historic march down Woodward to Cobo led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Wall Street Journal
Authorities say an upstate woman suspected of stealing $808,000 from the teachers union she headed lost more than $350,000 at a central New York casino over the last seven years of her life.
By Lisa Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal
The New York City teachers union is scheduled to endorse a mayoral candidate in two days, but City Hall’s current occupant has a warning for mayoral hopefuls: Be careful what you wish for.
By Tracy Gordon, RealClearMarkets.com
Most states are now wrapping up their 2013-2014 budget cycles, and apparently they’re in good shape too. Even California, that perpetual budget laggard, is expected to end next fiscal year with a modest surplus thanks to temporary tax increases and a gradually improving national economy.
The Washington Post
The FBI has resumed its search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who was last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago.