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Wisconsin
Walker's Budget Would Make WI Labor Mediator A Political Appointee
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI)
As part of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's biennial budget, the general counsel for the commission that handles labor-management disputes in the state would become a political appointee. And according to The Wisconsin State Journal, that commission, the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC), will now have final say in disputes that were previously covered under contract provisions for state employees.
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Evan Bayh
Report: Ex-Sen. Evan Bayh Signing On With Fox News
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) is set to become Fox News' latest contributor, according to The Huffington Post.
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NPR
Ira Glass: I Don't Understand Why NPR Is Not Fighting Back (AUDIO)
Producer of Television Show "This American Life" Ira Glass
"This American Life" host Ira Glass went on NPR's "On The Media" show on Friday to discuss the organization's current public troubles, and questioned why NPR is not responding head on to conservatives' charge that it has a left wing bias.
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