Corporations Use their Clout to Shape Policy20180620115410
Corporations Use their Clout to Shape Policy
By FOCUS, a Leonine Business In May, the Seattle City Council unanimously agreed to pass a new ordinance known as a “head tax”, which would have impos...
Vermont Legislature – Special Session Week Four20180618100931
Vermont Legislature – Special Session Week Four
MEAN SEASON Governor Phil Scott vetoed H.13, the second version of the FY2019 budget bill this week. The move was not surprising and results in the le...
Vermont Legislature – Special Session Week Three20180611110755
Vermont Legislature – Special Session Week Three
BEST OF TIMES The Vermont legislature ended the third week of the 2018 special session without any indication a final adjournment is on the horizon. ...
State Attorneys General Take On the Feds20180518130445
State Attorneys General Take On the Feds
By FOCUS, a Leonine business In 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the Obama administration, enacted strict vehicle emissions...
After Years of Budget Tightening, Teachers Take to the Streets20180416095155
After Years of Budget Tightening, Teachers Take to the Streets
By FOCUS, a Leonine business The teachers’ strikes started in West Virginia and quickly spread to Oklahoma, two of the states with the lowest average ...