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• Feb 14 AG Kathleen Kane rejects Pennsylvania lottery privatization contract Jan Murphy, The Patriot-News Attorney General will not sign a contract to turn over management of the lottery to a British firm.
• Jul 03 Economic Pressures On Local Governments Diane Rehm Show, NPR Kerry Korpi discusses economic pressures on local governments and the push to privatize public services.
• Feb 01 Florida Prisons Bill Would Expand Private Management, Netting A Big Win For Political Contributors Chris Kirkham, Huffington Post State could hand over a major slice of its prison system to private, for-profit businesses.
• Jun 24 Report: Private Prisons Love Mass Incarceration, And Want Politicians To Love It Too Ryan J. Reilly, Talking Points Memo Major private prison companies have an incentive to encourage policies which increase populations.
• Jun 17 Privatization At The Heart Of Divisive Battles In Wisconsin Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders: what Walker is doing is "a power play, pure and simple."
• Jun 15 LEAKED: Secret Report on Jindal's Privatization Plan Eric Lach, Talking Points Memo Louisiana effort to privatize health insurance would increase premiums according to confidential report.
• Jun 06 Gov. Jindal's plan to sell state prisons is killed by House committee Jan Moller, Times-Picayune Louisiana House deals governor a tough loss on a top priority for his administration.
• May 31 Private prisons see opposition Jessica Cuffman, Marion Star A proposal to privatize six prisons in Ohio faces opposition from a coalition of non-profit groups.
• May 19 Private Prisons Found to Offer Little in Savings Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times Data from Arizona suggests privately operated prisons can cost more to operate than state-run prisons.
• May 17 Scott Walker Quietly Consolidating Power In Wisconsin Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post Secretary of State Doug La Follette: "It's a power grab. He wants to control everything."
• Apr 15 ACLU warns against plan to sell state prisons Alan Johnson, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Privatizing Ohio prisons won't save money, will undermine sentencing reform and will post a security risk.
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege Pres. McEntee, New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.
• Apr 12 Countering the Siege New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.
• Apr 03 Editorial: Dump the prison privatization plan Miami Herald Florida Senate proposal would cause massive disruption
• Mar 29 Florida lawmakers look to privatize prisons Marc Caputo, Miami Herald The Florida Senate quietly slipped language into budget proposal that seeks to give corporations the chance to run correctional facilities and probation services in 18 counties.
• Mar 27 Plan for prisons: ODRC talks concerns, statistics on privatizing facilities John Jarvis, Marion Star As Ohio Gov. John Kasich's proposal to sell five prisons proceeds, including two in Marion to private operators, concerns about safety, budgets and job security have arisen.
• Mar 25 Lawmakers Continue Push To Sell Prison, Despite Overcrowding Ryan Kruger, WSIL-TV AFSCME urges Illinois lawmakers to ease overcrowding by opening the Thomson Correctional Center rather than selling it to the federal government.