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Supreme Court’s conservative justices cast doubt on labor union fees

Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court is poised to dent the political power of labor after conservative justices cast doubt Monday on public sector unions’ ability to collect fees even from workers who disagree with the union’s political or other demands. At stake are millions of labor dollars in “agency fees” that unions collect from teachers, police and other… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: January 12th, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court | Tags: , , , , , , | Comments Off on Supreme Court’s conservative justices cast doubt on labor union fees

N.J. Senate president turns sprinklers on gun rights protesters

NJ2AS protest outside Sen. Sweeney’s home Video taken by the New Jersey Second Amendment Society shows how a confrontation between their members and state Senate President Steve Sweeney outside his West Deptford home lead to the senator turning on his sprinklers to disperse activists. The protesters had hoped to press Sweeney to relax the state’s gun… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: June 19th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: 2017 NJ Gubernatorial Politics, New Jersey, News, NJ State Legislature, Stephen Sweeney | Tags: , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Judge: No violation to remove rest-area strip club brochures

Bare ExposureTRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A federal judge says a strip club did not have its First Amendment rights violated when its brochures were removed from New Jersey highway rest areas. P.R.B.A. Corporation, which runs the Bare Essentials club in Atlantic City sued in 2012 after an employee of HMS Host Toll Roads ordered that its brochures… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: February 19th, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Atlantic City | Tags: , , , , | Comments Off on Judge: No violation to remove rest-area strip club brochures