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December 20, 2015

Judge won't halt home-care workers' union vote in Minnesota

A federal judge has denied a request to stop an election that could unionize thousands of individuals who provide in-home health care to the elderly and disabled in Minnesota.

December 20, 2015

Perry pleads not guilty in abuse of power case

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has pleaded not guilty to charges that he abused his power with a controversial veto threat, as he vowed to fight and "prevail" in the case.

December 20, 2015

SEIU begs workers to keep paying up

A powerful Washington State union has abandoned defending a forced dues scheme and shifted its tactics to appealing to home health workers to remain in the union.

December 20, 2015

Teacher says union resorting to bully tactics in wake of decertification

The doom and gloom predictions of the state’s largest teachers union haven’t come to pass more than a year after Deerfield USD 216 faculty opted to boot out the Kansas National Education Association, according to teacher Doug Crandall.

December 20, 2015

Florida police department to begin using body-mounted cameras

Sarasota police officers will begin wearing body-mounted cameras later this year in an effort to increase police transparency.

December 20, 2015

Alaska referendum on oil tax credit repeal too close to call

A referendum to repeal Alaska's revised oil tax system was losing by a narrow margin late Tuesday night but the outcome was too close to call.

December 20, 2015

Holder takes on Ferguson: AG ‘flooding the zone’ with investigators, heads to Missouri

Attorney General Eric Holder, one of President Obama’s longest-serving and most controversial deputies, is taking the lead in the federal government’s response to the roiling tensions in a St. Louis suburb over the police shooting of an unarmed man.

December 20, 2015

Judge rules against Gov. Jindal in Louisiana Common Core lawsuit

Judge Todd Hernandez issued a written ruling Tuesday.

December 20, 2015

Company accuses labor union of forging signatures for political gain

A home health-care company contracted with the Milwaukee County Department of Family Care is accusing a local labor union of forging workers’ signatures to collect more money for political activity.

December 20, 2015

Mayor with Bloomberg gun control group charged with bribery

Monticello, New York, Democratic Mayor Gordon Jenkins—a member of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns—was arrested Thursday on bribery charges, the latest in a long string of legal and ethical foibles by Jenkins.