Feb 5, 2013
Michigan lawmakers are at it again. They just today introduced another vaginal probe bill in the House — HB 4187 of 2013. At about this time last year, Democracy Tree reported that lawmakers introduced another mandatory ultrasound bill (HB 4433 of 2012) which never emerged from committee –it required clinics to use: [The]most technologically advanced ultrasound equipment available [...]
Feb 4, 2013
(or “Why Nevada is Going to Get Sued for Millions.“) With recent headlines like “Conference attendees say Nevada isn’t doing enough to educate ELL students,” and “GOP lawmaker seeks more state funding for English language learners,” it should come as no surprise that Nevada has an English Language Learner problem in its grade schools. What such [...]
Feb 4, 2013
Question: What could be worse than Citizens United? Answer: Possibly…United States v. Danielczyk and Biagi Some may recall that two of Hillary Clinton’s fundraisers, William Danielczyk and Eugene Biagi were indicted for some serious campaign finance violations. They had reimbursed individual campaign contributors with funds from corporate sources. An act that is not ostensibly protected as [...]
Feb 4, 2013
A Virginia Senate committee voted Tuesday to permanently kill a bill that would have aligned the state’s electoral votes with its House districts, a move critics say would have swung the 2012 presidential election for the Republican candidate despite President Barack Obama’s overwhelming victory in the popular vote. The Virginia Senate’s Privileges and Elections Committee [...]
Feb 4, 2013
Should broadband Internet service be treated as a basic utility in the United States, like electricity, water, and traditional telephone service? Most of the time people want to speak to their government about the decisions being made – Most of the time we don’t get a chance. Here is a chance to have your voice [...]
Feb 3, 2013
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - known by its critics as a “corporate bill mill” – has hit the ground running in 2013, pushing “models bills” mandating the teaching of climate change denial in public school systems. January hasn’t even ended, yet ALEC has already planted its ”Environmental Literacy Improvement Act“ - which mandates a “balanced” teaching of climate [...]
Feb 3, 2013
George and Jeb Bush (Jason Reed/Reuters) A nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails today and said they show how a foundation begun by Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and national education reform leader, is working with public officials in states to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders. A [...]
Feb 1, 2013
Laaaadies…If you’re lucky enough to live in Michigan, you can be proud to know you’re moving up in the world. Yup, true to their congenital lowness of brow, the cavemen lawmakers of the 96th Legislature (2011-12) have advanced the state from 28th place to 20th. Pretty exciting, right? Well, only if you don’t like reproductive [...]
