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Find your state and local affiliates on Facebook


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Check out our list of state and local affiliate Facebook pages and let us know about any we missed.

Obama health care law spurs $1.3 billion in consumer, employer rebates


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Rebates being paid by insurance companies that spent too much on marketing, executive bonuses or administrative costs

Video surfaces of WI Gov Walker telling $500K donor he will kill unions


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Walker tells billionaire donor he will “divide and conquer” unions in his state.

U.S. competitiveness undermined by cuts in higher education


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In countries like Korea and Japan, more than half of young adults have college degrees, compared to 41 percent in the United States.

State news roundup for May 12, 2012


Colorado ESP of the year Judy Near

This week we talk about the recent pension victory in Arizona, Gov Dayton of Minnesota vetoing a bill that would have removed tenure from layoff discussions, the Hainesport Education Association in New Jersey winning a 6 month campaign to preserve custodian jobs and push back privatization and feature video of Colorado health technician Judy Near, NEA’s ESP of the year, discussing how collective bargaining has helped protect her and her students.