The light being shone on the predatory behavior of Weinstein and many others resonated at statehouses across the United States, from California to Rhode Island, where women in politics have been speaking out about sexual misconduct they experienced first - hand or witnessed, with victims including legislators, young staffers and interns, lobbyists, and others. (gothamgazette.com)
It is the latest successful legislative push targeting union power following a Republican sweep of statehouses in 2010, and if Gov. Mitch Daniels signs the bill as expected it will make Indiana the first Rust Belt state to ban contracts that require workers to pay mandatory union fees for representation. (cnbc.com)
«Any time you take a subset of people and put the burden of them funding education, I can't support that,» he said on Statehouse Blend Kansas. (kcur.org)