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Kasich budget will include cuts, cuts, more cuts - Joe Hallett, Joe Vardon & Jim Siegel

Gov. John Kasich's first budget will roil the Ohio landscape on Tuesday, especially the public, nonprofit and private entities that count on the state's largesse.

Crowley resigns as State Department spokesman - Ed Henry, CNN

P.J. Crowley abruptly resigned Sunday as State Department spokesman over controversial comments he made about the Bradley Manning case.

Cowboy Poets A Priority? Goodbye, American Grit - Mark Steyn, Investor's Business Daily

How mean-spirited are House Republicans? So mean-spirited that they would end federally funded cowboy poetry! Last Tuesday, Harry Reid, the majority leader, took to the Senate floor to thunder that...

Six-Figure Bus Drivers and Other Working-Class Heroes - Ann Coulter, Creator's Syndicate

Can we stop acting as if people who work for the government are the heroes of working people? Fine, we understand that Wisconsin public sector employees like the system that pays them an average of $76,500 per year, with splendiferous benefits, and are fighting...

Court of Appeals: CPS Deed Restrictions Against Charter and Private Schools Illegal - Staff, 1851 Center

Cincinnati Public Schools’ (CPS) policy of prohibiting the sale of unused available public school buildings to charter schools and private schools is unlawful and must end, today ruled the Court of Appeals for the First District Court of Appeals, Hamilton County.

Wis. GOP bypasses Dems, cuts collective bargaining - Scott Bauer, AP

The Wisconsin Senate succeeded in voting Wednesday to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers, after Republicans outmaneuvered the chamber's missing Democrats and approved an explosive proposal that has rocked the state and unions nationwide.

O’Keefe: More NPR Material ‘Coming Out Very Soon,’ Could Make Story Even ‘Bigger’ - Katrina Trinko, National Review Online

For NPR, the public relations nightmare may have just begun: James O’Keefe is planning to release more of the interactions between his group, Project Veritas, and NPR employees.

Kasich plans town-hall meeting on proposed budget - Joe Vardon, Columbus Dispatch

The day Gov. John Kasich delivers his first two-year budget to the General Assembly, he will also hold a town hall meeting at the Capitol Theater to discuss his proposal with the public.

Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages - John Melloy, CNBC.com

Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn’t taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement.

Public Unions Get Too 'Friendly' - Staff, Wall Street Journal

When you step back and try to get a sense of the larger picture in the battle between the states and their public-employee unions, two elements emerge. One seems small but could prove decisive...

Teachers' Unions on the Ropes: We "Let The Union Police Our Own Profession" - Greg Hengler, Townhall.com

Randi Weingarten, the President of the American Federation of Teachers, was on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" and got an excellent call. This is the new state of affairs, with "We the People"...

NPR executives caught on tape bashing conservatives and Tea Party, touting liberals - Matthew Boyle, Daily Caller

A man who appears to be a National Public Radio senior executive, Ron Schiller, has been captured on camera savaging conservatives and the Tea Party movement.

Is Democracy Viable? - Thomas Sowell, Creator's Syndicate

Those who see hope in the Middle East uprisings seem to assume that they will lead in the direction of freedom or democracy. There is already talk about the "liberation" of Egypt, even though the biggest...

Kasich readies speech on his fix-Ohio plans - Joe Vardon & Joe Hallett, Columbus Dispatch

On the hook to deliver a televised statewide address before a joint session of the General Assembly at noon Tuesday, John Kasich went into the weekend unsure of what he would say in perhaps the biggest speech of his fledgling governorship.

OLC Condemns Union Leadership for Intimidation and Threats to Ohio Representatives - Ohio Liberty Council

The Ohio Liberty Council today condemned the efforts by government union leadership to organize a protest on Saturday, March 5, 2011 in the residential neighborhood of Westerville, Ohio, outside the home of Ohio Representative Anne Gonzales for the sole purpose of trying to intimidate and embarrass the Representative.

$101,091: Average annual compensation for Milwaukee teachers - John McCormack, Washington Examiner

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel confirms that's how much the average Milwaukee teacher will be paid in salary and benefits in 2011: the average MPS teacher would receive total compensation of $101,091 -- $59,500 in salary and $41,591 in benefits. We double-checked with MPS spokeswoman Roseann St. Aubin and she...

1851 Victory: OSFC agrees to eliminate Prevailing Wage and Project Labor Agreements - Staff, 1851 Center for Constitutional Law

The Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) today agreed to adopt OSFC Resolution 11-16, marking the conclusion of a lawsuit brought by the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, a public interest law...

Pay raises, much more to change if bill passes - Alan Johnson, Columbus Dispatch

Passage of Senate Bill 5 would represent a sea change in how the state deals with its largest employee union after 27 years of collective bargaining. Nearly every significant interaction between...

As health costs soar, Mass. seeks solution - Christine Vestal, Columbus Dispatch

One of the most familiar criticisms of the new national health-care law is that it does little to contain costs. And that’s true: The primary goal is to provide universal access to health insurance. Cost controls are supposed to come later. “Later” has arrived now...

How Ohioans voted last week - Columbus Dispatch

A bill to keep the government open until the middle of March, including cutting $4 billion of planned spending for the next two weeks. The Senate passed the same bill.

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