
A joint House and Senate panel approved a controversial omnibus pension bill today in the face of organized opposition from the statewide teachers' union.

It may have been the first day of the fair, but by noon or so last Thursday the scent of frier grease smelled like it had been hanging in the air all summer. And the politicos seemed like they'd been there pressing flesh even longer. Is anyone shocked that there isn't exactly a public stampede to hear what the 2010 gubernatorial candidates have to say just yet?

“Criminal intelligence data may be shared with: …(2) a law enforcement agency to charge a person with a crime or allege that a juvenile is delinquent…” That’s the best schoolmarm line from a wild new bill emanating from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). One could imagine law enforcement wants to finally comb through all [...]