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Legislator targets public employees for pay cuts in constitutional amendment
Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop wants the Legislature to put two constitutional amendments before voters which would require an estimated 12,400 public workers in Muskegon County to take a 5 percent pay cut for the next three years and pay 15 percent or 20 percent of their health insurance premiums.
NV initiative criticized for being anti-worker
An initiative that would require secret ballot voting in union membership was criticized Wednesday by labor activists as "anti-worker."
Loudon pushes ahead on SOS Ballot Effort
Former state Sen. John Loudon, chairman of Save Our Secret Ballot (SOS), says he's raised more than $300,000 and collected more than 60,000 signatures so far for the group's 2010 ballot campaign.
Jobs debate continues to rage ahead of casino vote
Backers of casino gambling in Ohio point to a University of Cincinnati study to prove that Issue 3 "will create 34,000 new jobs." Opponents use that same study to assert "at no time will 34,000 Ohioans be put to work." A pro-Issue 3 ad touts "Ohio jobs for Ohioans."
Secret ballot advocates stop petition drive, turn to state Legislature
Supporters of a ballot measure aimed at protecting the right to secret ballots in union elections have dropped a petition drive to put the proposal on the 2010 general election ballot.
Associated Press: 2010 legislators to see secret ballot amendment
South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Dave Knudson of Sioux Falls, who seeks the GOP nomination for governor, says he will introduce legislation to send to the state's voters a constitutional amendment to protect the secret ballot.
Officials to launch campaign against labor
State Senate Majority Leader Dave Knudson and former state Rep. Joel Dykstra will announce plans Thursday to launch a campaign against a measure championed by organized labor.
Casinos will boost Ohio cities, backers say
Dan Gilbert - the entrepreneur who would own the downtown Cincinnati casino, if voters authorize them in Ohio - touted Ballot Issue 3 as a strategy for reviving cities in the Buckeye State.
Cash wagers wouldn’t be taxed, casino foes say
Ohio's four proposed casinos would hand over one-third of their revenue to counties, school districts and other units of government as taxes, a number that opponents say is too low.
Budget reform group California Forward prepares for 2010 ballot measure
A panel known as California Forward recently issued its recommendations for budget reform, with a plea to lower the two-thirds voting threshold for passing a budget while advocating more accountability over state spending.
