Labor advocates suffered a setback in September when support for a workplace scheduling bill that the retail and restaurant industry opposed fizzled in the eleventh hour.
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Floridians Want More Solar In The Sunshine State — Vote NO On Amendment 1
In this tense election season, some of the important ballot measures happening in states and cities nationwide might not have made it onto your radar, but there are some important ones to watch.
“CoreCivic”: New Name, Same For-Profit Prison Greed
The for-profit prison industry is in trouble. This August the Department of Justice announced that it plans to end all for-profit prison contracts.
Solar Companies Are Suing over Florida’s Deceptive Solar Initiative
New evidence has come to light that Amendment 1 is deliberately misleading.
Conservative Women’s Group Accused of Violating Election Law
A conservative women’s political group trying to bridge the gender gap is being accused by a progressive group of breaking federal election law.
Loosely Regulated, Charter Schools Pose Fiscal Risk
While the subprime mortgage crisis remains the epitome of what occurs when greed and corruption go unchecked, a growing number of experts and observers are warning that a new economic scandal is taking shape in the United States.
Why Is the Freedom Foundation Ringing Workers’ Doorbells?
Freedom Foundation activists tried to talk home-care workers into quitting their union.
Carbon Wolf in Solar Clothing?: Criticism Rains Down on Florida’s ‘Sneaky’ Amendment 1
A solar power question on the November ballot in Florida has been described by environmentalists as a wolf in sheep’s clothing that could actually harm solar development in the Sunshine State.
Measure in Florida That Claims to Back Solar Power May Discourage It
Florida’s biggest electric utility companies are backing a proposed constitutional amendment that, the campaign says, “promotes solar in the Sunshine State.”
Consumer Energy Alliance, Group Behind Fraudulent Petitions and Letters Signed by Dead People, Releases Anti-Solar Report
The Consumer Energy Alliance, a front group for fossil fuel companies and utilities, released a report last month attacking policies that support solar power.