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May 12, 2011
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Taking a Page from the Republican Playbook Illinois state Democrats rumble with the unions over benefits. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Deprez & Rosenkrantz |
Women Bear the Brunt of Public Sector Job Cuts With females in the majority at jobs such as teaching and health care, cutbacks and limits on collective bargaining will fall disproportionately on them. |
BusinessWeek
March 9, 2011
Drake Bennett |
Dispatch from a Divided Wisconsin The battle in Wisconsin is about much more than public workers' pay. It's about the future of American government. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2010
Peter Coy |
Governor Chris Christie: GOP Darling New Jersey Governor Christie is a rising national star. By taking on his state's bloated budget, he embodies the New Austerity. Will voters hate him for it? |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Lindblad & Winter |
Red Ink from Sea to Shining Sea All across the country, states are in various stages of fiscal crisis. Here are some of the most at-risk. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Michael Marois et al. |
Cuomo vs. Brown: A Tale of Two Governors Budget success or failure may rest on how much power the state executive holds. |
BusinessWeek
April 28, 2011
Mildenberg & Nash |
California, Texas, and State Workers' Pay As California tries to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, state workers - who earn 25.2 percent more than their counterparts in Texas - face cuts. |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Margaret Newkirk |
State Budget Cuts, Reconsidered A faster-than-expected recovery in tax revenue has some states loosening their belts, while others stick to austerity plans. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Peter Coy |
Commentary: States of Crisis Governors know plenty of phony ways to balance out-of-whack state budgets. Here are a few honest ones. |
BusinessWeek
April 21, 2011
Simone Baribeau |
State Workers Run for the Exits Many states are seeing double-digit increases in retirement applications as legislators trim pay and benefits. |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2010 |
Timeline: Chris Christie Events in New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's life and career. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2010
Ben Elgin et al. |
The Political Rumble Over Public Pension Costs Unfunded retirement benefits have become an election issue, and unions are fighting back. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Ryan Donmoyer |
Brinkmanship Over the Bush Tax Cuts High-income Americans could be the beneficiaries of a looming fight over whether to extend or let expire the Bush-era tax cuts. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Terrence Dopp |
New Jersey's Lavish Payday for Retirees New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wants to stop paying public workers for unused sick and vacation days, which add up to $825 million. |
BusinessWeek
March 31, 2011
Roger Lowenstein |
The Great American Ponzi Scheme Do we want public pensions? There are compelling reasons why we do. |
BusinessWeek
August 5, 2010
Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
Reason
October 2003
John Hood |
Why the States Are Broke Bloated governments, budget gaps, and Parkinson's laws |
Reason
November 2000
Michael McMenamin |
Labor Lost Why the AFL-CIO's cynical survival strategy is doomed... |
BusinessWeek
June 2, 2010
Palmeri & Marois |
Can Jerry Brown Cut California Down to Size? In the '70s, he was "Governor Moonbeam." Now he's running for the office again -- as a fiscal hawk. |
Reason
June 2008
David Weigel |
Union Rules The Democratic coalition rubs its hands at the prospect of taking over Washington. |
BusinessWeek
September 30, 2010
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene's Econo Chat A conversation with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie about state pensions. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Steven Sloan |
States Are Rejecting Millionaire Taxes Opposition from Republicans and business, plus rising revenues, are leading to a rollback |
Fast Company
Lydia Dishman |
Gawker Staff Votes To Unionize In Groundbreaking Move For New Media Call it an historic moment for labor unions: Gawker Media has become the first online-only media outlet to organize. |
Inc.
October 2006
Mike Hofman |
Rating the Governors With Arnold Schwarzenegger and 25 other governors up for reelection, we look at who among them has earned the entrepreneurial vote. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets. |
Reason
May 2009
Flynn & Summers |
Failed States After a long spending binge, governors go begging for a handout. It won't be their last. |
Inc.
September 2004
Amy Gunderson |
Labor Has a New Target And guess what? It's you! Unions are targeting small business. Few entrepreneurs are going to encourage their employees to unionize but, like it or not, more and more are going to be dealing with collective bargaining. |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Mark Niquette |
Tiny Towns May Be an Endangered Species Several states facing budget shortfalls are offering incentives for townships to share services or even merge. |
BusinessWeek
May 19, 2011
Esme E. Deprez |
Family Planning Loses Out in the Budget Brawl Republican-controlled states are cutting funding for clinics |
Inc.
February 1, 2003
Eamon Javers |
Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field. |
Salon.com
August 3, 2000
Jake Tapper |
Defining compassionate conservatism Stephen Goldsmith, George W. Bush's senior domestic policy advisor and a bit of a wonk, calls for the public and private sectors to both do their part. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2005
Tim Beyers |
United Set to Fly Again? The airline extracts major concessions from pilots and flight attendants, but a conflict with mechanics could still sink the company. |
Managed Care
May 2003
MargaretAnn Cross |
Rising Costs Strike Unions As Being Cause for Unrest Many labor organizations have been isolated from inflationary realities. Can health plans and employers make them see the light? |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011 |
Bloomberg View News: Shouldn't the market decide debit-card fees?... Ground a labor complaint against Boeing... |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2011
Ilan Moscovitz |
Next Stop: Economic Armageddon? What failure to raise the debt ceiling means. |
Reason
February 2009
Matt Welch |
Schwarzenegger's Failure If the California governor is the face of "moderate" Republicanism, the party is even more doomed than the 2008 elections suggest. |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Esme E. Deprez |
From Budget Deficits to Official State Desserts Even as lawmakers grapple with fiscal problems, they're finding time to designate state guns, state fish, and state songs. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
The Fog Of The Budget How Bush will mask the biggest national debt in history. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Matt Welch |
California Screaming: The Golden State's political class comes unglued in the face of a citizens' revolt Faced with a political class that ignored bureaucratic inefficiency, that demanded higher taxes, that filled the newspapers with scare stories about budget cuts, the citizens of one of the bluest states in the nation collectively said we just don't believe you anymore. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Howard Gleckman |
The Beltway Battle Ahead If Bush is willing to deal, he'll have a chance to fix Social Security, say both Democratic and Republican insiders. But he'll need to build bridges with Democrats and sell economic conservatives on compromise. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Check's in the Mail How the tax cut went from impossible to inevitable... |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004 |
Talking Business With John Kerry The Democratic nominee-to-be lays out why he's the better bet for U.S. companies |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Health-Care Reform: It's Not Over Yet Massachusetts has spoken with its election of Scott Brown to the Senate. What's up next? |
U.S. Banker
October 2009
Glen Fest |
Next Up: Bank Employee Unions? In the corporate war on the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, bankers are nowhere to be found. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2010
Paul M. Barrett et al. |
Republicans Win a Big Redistricting Edge Big state-level gains mean GOP dominance in redrawing congressional districts. |
CIO
May 1, 2001
Meridith Levinson |
IT Workers of the World: Are They Uniting? Labor unions formed at Microsoft, IBM and Boeing. Will there be a May Day uprising in your cubes soon? |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2004
Rugaber & MacNealy |
Kerry vs. Bush: Duel Conclusion Chris Rugaber: It's Not a Lie If You Believe It... Jeremy MacNealy: Texas Hold 'em... |
Managed Care
December 2001 |
Economic Boom Over, State Health Budgets Besieged The National Association of State Budget Officers estimated that aggregate state shortfalls for fiscal 2002 could exceed $15 billion... |
Job Journal
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Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: The Case for Unions Unions remain the best counterbalance to unchecked management rights in the United States. |
