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In addition to their "taxpayer-funded horror" at Standing Rock, North Dakota lawmakers are looking to pass all kinds of nefarious anti-dissent bills, including ones that would make it a misdemeanor offense to wear a mask at a protest, and another that would somehow legalize running over someone who's blocking a road.
Feb 27, 2017If they get thrown in jail, somebody pays to get them out. There has to be something to deter them from that.
↩︎ Arizona Capitol Times
The Iowa governor and statehouse, controlled by Republicans for the first time in a decade, are fighting to prevent cities and counties from setting their own minimum wages, pushing legislation that would require adherence to the state minimum wage—$7.25—across the board.
If only to pause for a moment on all the doom: some lovely maps by designer and artist Paula Scher, which she describes making in the new Netflix design series Abstract.
Republicans in statehouses all over the country are working to overrule or preempt city ordinances from largely liberal City Halls they disagree with, from municipal broadband programs to minimum wage to anti-discrimination bills.
In many of the states now in full Republican control—namely Kansas, Missouri, and New Hampshire—Republicans are targeting unions, largely at the behest of Koch-linked groups.
“We’re not anxious to be in a state where they have that much political muscle, the unions do, organized labor does,” said Woody Cozad, a lobbyist in Missouri, previewing the Right to Work bill scheduled for next week.
(The bill is now pending Gov. Eric Greitens's signature.)
