Once again the Beacon Hill Institute releases a report that supports their position against PLAs.  It's not surprising  considering that they wrote the survey questions in so biased a manner the results are guaranteed.  Click here to read our Letter to the Editor exposing their tricks.

The Taunton City Council voted Tuesday night to penalize a New Bedford contractor working on the Taunton High/Parker School Project for failure to adhere to the City's so-called 50-50 ordinance.  Fernandes Masonry of New Bedford will lose 1 percent of its original bid amount, which is between $4.3 million and $4.5 million.

Improper installation of a kitchen exhaust duct system was one cause of the fire that killed two Boston firefighters.  The regulations are not a union or nonunion issue.  They are about keeping the public safe.

Despite its detractors, the evidence is clear: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is working and has helped our nation turn a corner through sound investments that are creating jobs, tax cuts for the middle class, and much-needed COBRA and unemployment insurance benefits for working Americans.

Watch Bob Haynes' interview with John Keller on Keller @Large.

The U.S. Senate this morning passed (70-28) a jobs bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promises “is not the only jobs bill or the last jobs bill we will bring to the floor.”  The next step likely will be a 30-day extension of unemployment insurance benefits and COBRA health care subsidies for unemployed workers.

Flynn, who had served as President since 1999, expressed his thanks to his fellow Board members and the members of the Council for the opportunity to have served “this great Union” for so many years.

Federal and state officials, many facing record budget deficits, are starting to aggressively pursue companies that try to pass off regular employees as independent contractors.   President Obama’s 2010 budget assumes that the federal crackdown will yield at least $7 billion over 10 years.