by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Chicago taxpayers will save $1 billion on police and fire pension costs in the short term under a law the General Assembly approved Monday after some House Republicans bucked their governor, who had railed against it as a ridiculous expansion of the Illinois’...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 13, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In the wake of Michael Brown’s death, the federal government wants to require the Ferguson Police Department to check all new hires against a database of officers who have been stripped of their law enforcement licenses for misconduct. The mandate to consult the...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Should the government be allowed to keep the names of police officers secret from the news media and public? A bill moving forward in Virginia would do that, and it’s drawing sharp criticism from open records advocates who say the names are an important tool in...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Voters in New Jersey’s two competitive legislative races have been bombarded with television ads about the plight of Atlantic City casinos, but the group bankrolling the spots says they’re actually sending a message that the state should properly fund...
by rondelord | Jun 29, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Powerful public-sector unions are facing another high-profile legal challenge that they say could wipe away millions from their bank accounts and make it tougher for them to survive. A group of California schoolteachers, backed by a conservative group, has asked the...