The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday ruled 5-4 that government employee unions cannot force non-members such as Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee, to pay agency fees to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a powerful government employee union. “This procedure violates the First Amendment and cannot continue,” Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion […]
Senate debates tax reform bill after House passage, but last-minute hiccups arise.
December 19, 2017 by
House approves tax reform bill, as Trump eyes major legislative win The House on Tuesday approved a massive tax overhaul that would usher in steep rate cuts for American companies, double the deduction millions of families claim on their annual returns and make a host of other changes as part of the biggest rewrite of […]