• McDavis ‘Not Opposed’ to SB-5, Anti-Faculty-Union Provision

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/11/2011 10:55 am | 8 comments
   

  Editor’s Note: This story has been revised from its original version, which was published Wednesday, March 9, 2011...

   

• Senate Bill 5 Likely Headed to the Ballot Box

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/08/2011 1:43 am | no comments
   

  Thousands of activists protest Ohio Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 | PHOTO...

   

• Athens Sen. Stewart Casts Deciding Vote for SB-5

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/03/2011 3:55 am | 9 comments
   

  The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 5 (SB-5) Wednesday, which would drastically overhaul the state’s 27-year law allowing...

   

• Stewart Refuses a Position on Ohio Bill to End Collective Bargaining

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 03/01/2011 4:42 am | 5 comments
   

  On the eve of a final committee hearing on Ohio Senate Bill 5 (SB-5), State Sen. Jimmy Stewart met with more than 30 public...

   

• Ohio Senate Republicans to Amend SB-5, Drop Complete Ban on Collective Bargaining

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/23/2011 8:30 pm | 4 comments

  After days of protests at the Ohio Statehouse, Republican legislators in Ohio’s senate announced Wednesday that they plan...

   

• Indiana GOP Kills Controversial Anti-Union Bill

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/23/2011 3:15 pm | no comments

  Republican legislators in Indiana’s state senate dropped plans on Wednesday to move forward with a controversial right-to-work...

   

• Indiana House Democrats Follow Wisconsin Legislators, Leave the State

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/22/2011 6:50 pm | 1 comment

  Democratic state legislators from Indiana left today for Illinois in order to block Republicans from passing yet another...

   

• Editorial Comment: What’s at Stake in Wisconsin and Ohio

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/22/2011 6:04 am | 6 comments
   

  Social security is the third rail in American politics. Until recently, public employees were the fourth. You wouldn’t...

   

• Editorial Comment: Anti-Union Policies are Attacks on the Middle Class

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/17/2011 6:06 am | 5 comments
   

  Most Americans grow up with a certain set of expectations: work hard, go to college and be rewarded with a job that pays...

   

• US House Votes Down Controversial Fighter Plane Appropriation

  By ANDREW ZUCKER | 02/16/2011 4:24 pm | no comments
   

  On Wednesday the House of Representatives voted to remove $450 million in appropriations funding to build a second engine...