Investigating Power
…mandates, and fair scheduling ordinances. As originally proposed, the bill likely would have blocked local LGBT anti-discrimination ordinances, but public outcry forced legislators to add a carve-out for employment discrimination.…
…Local Businesses”, which is encouraging lawmakers on the Hill to challenge the National Labor Relations Board general counsel’s determination that McDonald’s is a joint employer of franchise employees. The joint…
…of CO2 every year, accounting for around 40 percent of the nation’s total emissions. “The EPA’s proposal to cut carbon pollution from the power sector is both the most important…
…continued to receive funding from the tobacco industry that has continued through at least 2012, according to Altria/Phillip Morris documents. The Nation journalist Lee Fang previously reported that SPN relied…
…Criminal Law” at 2011 States and Nation Policy Summit; * “Resolution in Support of Victim Offender Mediation” at the 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit Talmadge Heflin,…
…republished in North Carolina, gained a third life as ‘Preparing for Tort Reform in Kentucky.’” SPN groups also coordinate national pushes in particular policy areas. Starting in 2007, the Texas…
…(KXL) pipeline. Among the nine legislators on the tour was the new ALEC national chairman, Representative John Piscopo from Connecticut, and Senator Jim Smith from Nebraska who has sponsored legislation…
…to serve the interests of the country.” Russman, who co-founded the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, is a former chair of the National Conference of State Legislators Committee on the…
