Will Immigration Crackdown Have Business Backlash?, February 2008
Just barely a month after taking effect, strict new laws in OKLAHOMA and ARIZONA against hiring illegal immigrants appear to be achieving their goal of driving undocumented workers out of those states.
States Consider Paid Sick Leave, July 2008
While getting sick is never any fun, for most Americans illness is simply an inconvenience that means taking a few paid days off from work until they feel well enough to get back
Them the People, September 2008
Low-skilled foreign workers continue to flood the labor pool — and fuel the debate over our changing economy
This is the first in a three-part series on immigration.
America has long had a love-hate affair
High Noon for Real ID?, February 2007
States’ anger over the federal Real ID Act — the mandate for states to adopt by 2008 uniform, tamper-proof driver’s licenses and ID cards as a hedge against terrorism — has been on
States Weigh Pros and Cons of Sudan Divestment, April 2007
Some time in the near future, COLORADO Gov.
States Taking Illegal Immigration Battle to Employers, June 2007
With Congress and the White House in seemingly endless gridlock over immigration reform, frustrated states have clearly taken the lead on dealing with what has become one of the nation’s major