Tag: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
NLRB Drops Joint Employer Rule: Blow to Big Labor
In a “big win” for common sense, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that its new “joint employer” was unconstitutional. If left standing, the rule would have drastically changed the rules...
An End to Volunteer Firefighting?
A proposed federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) rule would devastate volunteer emergency service organizations nationwide, say a group of Congress members. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and joined two dozen...
What Blockheads: UCLA Leader, Other College Leaders Flail in Congress
In politics, as in life, sometimes you don’t have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the other guy. Luckily for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, the other guy – Northwestern University President Michael Schill...
UCLA Police Chief Reassigned Day Before Chancellor Testifies in of Congress
UCLA police chief John Thomas has been reassigned in the wake of the chaotic pro-Hamas protests engulfing the campus. The reassignment comes one day before UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will testify in front of Congress about antisemitism on campus and...
It’s UCLA’s Turn in the Hot Seat: Chancellor to Appear before Congress Thursday AM
The past couple of months have been a rather trying time for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. And it won’t get any better Thursday. Block has been called to testify by the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...
Rogue Commander: Biden’s Dog Bit More People
How many bites does it take to get to the center of a Secret Service agent? Like the kid in the Tootsie Pop ad, Commander Biden really wanted to know. The stories of President Biden’s German Shepherd Commander biting a...