By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
We’re keeping things short with today’s newsletter as our team celebrates the Labor Day holiday. We start off with a look at just how many elected officials are engrossed with the high-profile lawsuit over whether former college athletes can play for their schools again after brief flirtations with pro sports.
Matthew Perschall for LAI
By Piper Hutchinson
Inside a Baton Rouge courtroom, a lawsuit challenging arcane NCAA eligibility rules turned into a political football with prominent elected officials involved on each side. The case is one of two that pits the Southeastern Conference against LSU in proceedings that have captured national attention and drawn reaction from leaders from around the region watching with interest from the sidelines.
Members of Virginia Professional Firefighters association hold signs during their biannual convention in May to protest Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s veto of collective bargaining legislation. (Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
By Kevin Hardy
Last year, the nation added more than 411,000 union members — the largest annual growth since 2008, according to a study published just ahead of the Labor Day holiday. While union membership grew across the country, the report found states that have sought to protect or strengthen collective bargaining rights added three times as many union members as so-called right-to-work states, like Louisiana, which prohibit mandatory union membership or dues as conditions of employment.
NEWS FROM THE STATES
Trump PAC places $10M ad buy for Paxton in Texas US Senate race | Texas Tribune
So many election surveys. So few voters willing to pick up the phone. | Rhode Island Current
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