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On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that would prevent nonprofit organizations from donating funds anonymously to state campaigns. Called “dark money,” the funds were targeted after a number of conservative nonprofits from Arizona donated $15 million

SOMA, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams recovered eight more victims of Turkey’s worst mining accident on Thursday, raising the death toll to 282 in a disaster which has thrown Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s presidential ambitions off stride. Although 363

“Think tank…” For the average American, the phrase likely conjures up a range of thoughts, from a vague wrinkle of the brow to a silent muse lines along the lines of a classic Jerry Seinfeld sketch, “It’s a tank. To

HOUSTON, Texas–Attorney General candidate and former AFL-CIO union group lobbyist Dan Branch came under increased fire for a campaign ad he recently televised. The ad appears to somewhat deceptively attempt to give viewers the impression that the entire ad itself

Open Secrets reports that outside groups, generally political parties, corporations and unions, have independently spent $88,868,421 so far in 2014 on the upcoming mid-term elections according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The figures do not require complete or immediate

In the real world, where decency and accountability mean something, you will find yourself fired for a lot less than physically assaulting a co-worker. In the dual-Bizarro world of Hollywood and unions, no one is fired over a rash of

DENVER (AP) — Frustrated by the cash-heavy aspect of its new marijuana industry, Colorado is trying a long-shot bid to create a world financial system devoted to the pot business. But Colorado’s plan to move the weed industry away from

Envoy Air will need to lay off over 1,100 pilots as it moves through a downsizing adjustment as a result of the merger between US Airways and American Airlines. The new American Airlines Group is reducing the carrier’s routes and

Opposition to Common Core education policies is creating strange political bedfellows. Now, even the Chicago Teachers Union is joining conservatives in opposition to the top-down education standards. On its blog, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) published a new resolution announcing

While Californians bathe Jerry Brown with an almost 60% approval rating, Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times reported that the state is now facing a staggering $340 billion in long-term costs, which calculates to an $8,500 debt for every California resident. According to

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined the “Discussion on Faith & Freedom in the Public Square” at HBU Houston Baptist University last week and gave a passionate answer to a question about school choice. Cruz said, “School choice is the civil

In an open letter to supporters filled with lofty 21st Century education rhetoric, Sen. Wendy Davis is back at it again, continuing her jab-fest directed at Greg Abbott, GOP nominee for governor who is also the current Texas Attorney General. This

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker never got a college degree. He says it is one of his biggest regrets in life. It weighs on him so heavily that his spokesman recently said the Governor is now considering going back to school

“Illinois, you put me in a happy state.” That was the tagline from Illinois tourism ads in the mid-1980s, which were near-ubiquitous in an era when John Hughes was filming Chicago hits like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and, of course,

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) filed a May Day brief in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saying that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes’ December ruling in the City of Detroit bankruptcy case was wrong to conclude

May Day anti-government protests in Turkey were met with police, tear gas, and orders to disperse. According to the BBC, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters to “give up hopes” of gathering in Taksim Square to protest. However,

An elderly UKIP supporter is fast-gaining online fame after being photographed sticking two fingers up to anti-UKIP protestors in Swansea. The unidentified lady was been wheeled into a UKIP rally in her wheelchair when she was berated by protestors claiming

Most Americans know that our revolutionary history began when a handful of brave patriots tossed crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest unfair taxation. But what they might assume incorrectly is that our forefathers did so in response to

In California, a public school teacher can be fired at any time without cause during the first two years of employment. After that, however, about 98 percent of teachers manage to attain tenure–or, more accurately, “permanence.” Principals make tenure decisions

Sean McGarvey, president of the North America’s Building Trades Unions, testified before a House Oversight Hearing on “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Skilled Trades Workers” on Tuesday and spoke out against the Obama administration’s decision to delay a decision on

A growing number of San Francisco city workers can’t afford to pay their rent. The latest tech boom has caused rents to skyrocket, displacing hundreds of middle class workers. “Maybe you could find somebody who works for Google or YouTube, and they

Over four decades of majority and super-majority rule by Democrats in the California Senate and state Assembly, which has emasculated the power of the Republicans, has also forced major corporations to seek moderate Democrats to help move forward their big

In a nearly 1,700 word story aimed at revealing the “extreme” union policies of Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker, The New York Times also put in a few good words for Walker’s Democrat opponent. But even after spending paragraph after

San Diego voters may have the opportunity to vote this November on whether to raise the minimum wage to $13.09 per hour. City Council President Todd Gloria (right, above), the highest-ranking Democrat in San Diego, released a proposal this week

Is the National Labor Relations Board giving labor-movement organizers a face-saving out by agreeing to hear a Northwestern University appeal to the decision that empowered student-athletes to form unions? The NLRB’s eleventh-hour timing certainly sparks suspicion. Northwestern University football players

Despite the fact that California these days is politically dominated by the axis of big government–public employee unions and radical left-wingers–there are still a lot of conservatives here in the Golden State. And we care about the future of our

The Los Angeles Times reports California GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari wants to make some major changes to the state’s educational system. He says, “We must change the status quo.” Some of those changes include: Taking the state money formerly

With Franklin Tax-Free Income going to court on May 12th to invalidate the pension for making Stockton, California, insolvent, all unfunded public pensions in California may be at risk of being invalidated by the court. In the corporate bankruptcy business, turnaround managers

For 40 years, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has ensured that the Democratic Party owned West Los Angeles. But after a tough re-election fight in 2012 and the likely prospect of remaining in the minority in the Republican-controlled House for the

On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that labor unions and corporations that receive government contracts should be prohibited from contributing to political candidates to blunt crony capitalism in Washington. Paul noted that speech, “whether you pay for it or

Tesla Motors mined middle class taxpayers for a $495 million loan to build a subsidized car in California for uber-wealthy elitists to thumb their noses from the car-pool lane at the peasants in the low class lanes. Now they want

More bizarre facts about California State Sen. Leland Yee are coming to light, and they range from receiving the severed head of a pig several years ago, to allegedly supporting or creating laws to benefit special interests who supplied him with

Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, (D-CA), from the high-tech 17th congressional district in Silicon Valley, has a rather curious place for his campaign headquarters, the San Francisco Chronicle reports: inside the headquarters of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 521.  That address, 2302 Zanker Road, San

Political observers rightly predicted that the tenure of progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio would be marred by constant opposition from conservatives. What they did not predict is opposition from the political left. Now, liberal activists are blasting

The Los Angeles Times reports that the entertainment industry is again out begging any state that will listen, including of course California, for more Reganomics. Tax cuts! Hollywood wants Big, fat slices of tax cuts! Tax cuts for the for