Michigan 1st state in decades to repeal 'right-to-work' law
Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature. The state's “right-to-work” law had allowed those in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues and fees. Its repeal is seen as a major victory for organized labor with union membership reaching an all-time low last year.
news.yahoo.comTexas Senate passes $16.5 billion package to lower property taxes
Texas senators on Wednesday unanimously approved Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s agenda on property tax cuts this legislative session, which would pump billions of state dollars into public schools and give bigger tax breaks for homeowners and business owners.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comNorth Carolina House passes bill limiting racial teachings
United in their opposition, House Democrats challenged Republican claims that the bill would reduce discrimination and argued that a comprehensive history education should make students uncomfortable. Eighteen others have already limited how teachers can discuss racism and sexism in the classroom. Gaston County Republican Rep. John Torbett said the proposal, which now heads to the Senate, will prohibit schools from endorsing controversial concepts, including that one race or sex is inherently superior.
news.yahoo.comSununu Says Impending Trump Indictment ‘Drastically’ Changes ‘Paradigm’ for 2024
Republican New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said Sunday that the impending indictment of former president Trump in a probe into hush-money payments made to a porn actress could backfire on Democrats and upset the 2024 political stage.
news.yahoo.comLetter: Slavery, Rangers’ actions were not taught in school
A letter printed Feb. 20 states that conservatives reject the teachings of slavery and the lynching of Mexican-Americans by Texas Rangers. As for the Holocaust that he mentions, it’s socialist Democrats who have denied it. Perhaps socialist Democrats are comfortable with having this literature to the chagrin of parents. The writer states Viva Joe Biden and that unemployment is the lowest in 50 years. We have civil discourse across the country because of the socialist Democrats defunding the police.
myrgv.comTexas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger
Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political. The announcement, made by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's education commissioner, Mike Morath, amounts to one of the largest school takeovers ever in the U.S. It also deepens a high-stakes rift between Texas' largest city, where Democrats wield control, and state Republican leaders, who have sought increased authority following election fumbles and COVID-19 restrictions.
news.yahoo.comLetters: Republicans draw criticism
Republicans stir up the public pot, demanding information about gender treatments at hospitals and critical race theory curriculum in the schools. The Republican National Committee just reelected Trump favorite Ronna McDaniel to a fourth term as their chair. This is ostensibly to preclude “rigged elections,” which really means trying once again to rig the next election in favor of Republicans. Meanwhile, back at the ranch — or maybe that should be the “funny farm” that has become the House of Representatives now that it is under Republican control, except that there’s nothing amusing about it. LeeBrownsvilleLETTERS — Limit letters to 300 words; all letters are subject to editing.
myrgv.comDemocrats ask Fox not to push 'propaganda' on 2020 election
The two top Democrats in Congress are asking Fox News executives not to spread false information about the 2020 election and are demanding that commentators who suggested that the election was stolen acknowledge on the air that they were wrong.
Fetterman 'on path to recovery,' will be out for more weeks
A spokesman for Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says the Democrat is “on a path to recovery” after checking himself into a hospital for clinical depression earlier this month, and he is still expected to be away from the Senate for several weeks.
GOP subpoenas tech CEOs as part of probe into censorship
Subpoenas have been sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies as congressional Republicans moved to investigate what they assert is widespread corporate censorship of conservative voices House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan issued the subpoenas Wednesday as the latest in a series of escalations by a party that has long promised to investigate Big Tech’s content moderation.
Hochul's $227B budget helps NYC transit, migrant response
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed dramatic spending to help New York City handle a wave of international migrants and to stabilize its reeling public transit system with her $227 billion state budget Wednesday, even as she warned of tougher economic times ahead.
Two years after Texas’ voting rights showdown gripped the nation, lawmakers again push dozens of elections bills
State policymakers have mapped out familiar territory early in the legislative session, with Democrats seeking to expand voting access and Republicans pledging to make elections more secure.
Majority of 16k canceled Pa. mail-in ballots were from Dems
New state data shows that an election eve Pennsylvania court decision that said mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes can’t count resulted in otherwise valid votes being canceled in the high-stakes November election.
Buses from Texas drop off more than 100 migrants in a bitterly cold Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve
Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.