Labor, Education & Pensions Issues
June 03, 2013 JTaxes, Labor, Education & Pensions
Recently a local school administrator wrote an editorial bemoaning the fact their district would not be receiving an increase in taxpayer-funded state aid funding. We asked the question; with the Superintendent receiving compensation equal to $160-per-student is taxpayer money being wisely spent? Superintendent pay Wahoo Public Schools Superintendent Galen Boldt penned a letter critical of [...]
May 02, 2013 JLabor, Education & Pensions, Legislative Session
Public education across the country is about to radically change, and most Americans aren’t even aware. That’s because the Obama Administration and special interests have been pushing a scheme called Common Core to nationalize educational standards under the public radar for years. One recent poll by the nonprofit organization, Achieve, found that 79% of voters said [...]
March 25, 2013 JBudget & Spending, Labor, Education & Pensions
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Illinois with fraud for misrepresenting the fiscal health of its public pension system. For years, the Midwestern state had been hoodwinking municipal bond investors into believing that it had been properly funding its public servants’ retirement plans when, in reality, the state has a long history of [...]
March 04, 2013 JLabor, Education & Pensions, Energy & Environment
Last week John Kerry’s State Department released a draft environmental impact study that finds it ‘very unlikely’ the Keystone XL pipeline would have an environmental impact. Read the State Department report here. Secretary Kerry’s State Department echoes previous statements and environmental reports produced by the Clinton State Department that confirm the safety of the Keystone [...]
February 26, 2013 JLabor, Education & Pensions, Legislative Session
Statement of Support for LB 593 February 25, 2013 Chairwoman Sullivan and Members of the Education Committee, [...]