"House lawmakers in Wisconsin are poised to vote Thursday on a controversial budget-repair bill that would curb public workers' collective-bargaining rights and raise their contributions to pensions and health insurance plans, according to one Democratic state representative....
Some commentators have called it the 'Tea Party Movement' of the Left, but what are the Wisconsin protests really about? The heart and soul of liberalism is economic egalitarianism. Without it, Wall Street will continue to extract ever vaster sums...
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" TwitterAn Indiana deputy attorney general "is no longer employed" by the state after Mother Jones magazine reported he tweeted that police should to use live ammunition against Wisconsin labor protesters, the...
"An alternative paper in Buffalo, New York, which prides itself on being about as beastly as the subjects they cover, managed to trick Governor Scott Walker into taking a call from their editor posing as tea party tycoon David Koch.A few highlights included the...
"The last time Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) went after public sector unions it had “disastrous results” for him and for taxpayers. As Milwaukee County Executive in 2009, Walker tried to get rid of the unionized security guards at the county courthouse and replace...
"Wisconsin state senators are expected to reconvene Friday as lawmakers wrangled over a bill that would strip teachers and other public employees of most of their collective bargaining rights and cut their benefits. Meanwhile, a self-described "nationwide grassroots...
For all of my Republican friends, I would like to set the record straight about unions and collective bargaining. A long time ago, while a student of political science, I researched and produced a report about the...
With April 15th - Tax Day - hitting America right in the chops, Tax Day Tea Parties were planned for across the nation. This Tea Party, held on the Capital grounds in Wisconsin's capital was probably very similar...
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Residents of the United States and Puerto Rico may participate in a class action settlement over the false advertisement of horsepower for some lawnmowers. Mowers purchased from 1994 to April 12, 2010 with engines...
created by Jacob Zinn | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 44207 views | 11 recommendations | 45 comments
Wisconsin and RIT Will Play in the 2010 NCAA Frozen Fout. Here's How You Can Follow the Wisconsin vs RIT in the NCAA Frozen Four 2010 with real-time play-by-play and commentary via NowPublic's Scan The Frozen Four 2010 is taking place in Detroit today. The first Frozen Four...
The troubling history of the Catholic Church and abuse of children has Pope Benedict embroiled in yet another pedophile scandal. This time in Germany. The New York Times today released...
created by Barbara McPherson | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 850 views | 26 recommendations | 1 comment
The Devils Head Ski Resort in Wisconsin was the scene of a chair lift accident yesterday when an emergency brake on a lift failed and the cable rolled backwards to cause many chairs to slam in to each other at the...
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A severe winter storm hit the Midwest and New England regions, leaving more than a foot of snow in those areas. The harsh snow conditions meant that many schools in those districts were closed. A list of...
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A grenade tossing video was released by Wisconsin Department of Corrections. A nonlethal stinger grenade was used against Raynard Jackson in a prison cell in March 2005. Jackson sued the department for excessive force and the case was settled in July 2009 for $49,000. ...