Report: NYC ‘tech ecoystem’ brings in $5.6 billion in taxes for city
By Josh Peterson | Watchdog.org A recent report estimates that New York City's burgeoning tech industry generates $5.6 billion in...
Month: April 2014
Record enrollment in school-choice programs inspires advocates
By Mary C. Tillotson | Watchdog.org State lawmakers this year are on track to pass a record number of school-choice...
Open records? DPI charging exorbitant fees for public documents
By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON, Wis. — Mike Mikalsen, chief of staff for Republican Rep. Steve Nass, is...
MN union drive moves ahead in shadow of Supreme Court case
By Tom Steward | Watchdog Minnesota Bureau ST. PAUL, Minn. — The future of public employee labor unions for state-paid...
Hey millionaires, Illinois wants 10 percent of your cash
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Anyone who earns at least 1 million dollars in Illinois could...
Arguments for Internet sales tax fall apart
By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON, Wis. — Previous estimates of revenue coming to Wisconsin from a potential tax...
"If you want to be union, grab your stuff and go somewhere else"
Over the weekend news broke that paramedics working for the Williston Fire Department had organized a union. At least one...
Democrat Tyler Axness Still Doesn't Know What The Public Service Commission Does
Fargo state Senator Tyler Axness is running for the Public Service Commission, but he's prone to making comments about the...
On Deadline Day, Democrats Still Have 25 Legislative Races Unfilled
Today is the deadline for the June primary ballot. All candidates wishing to have their candidacy listed with a partisan...
Steve Cates: The Core Of Common Core
The American political left has always wanted more and more control of education through the centralization of power to the...
