American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

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Eye on the News Economics, Governance, Cities Economy, Finance, and Budgets, Politics and Law, States and Cities California, City Journal Investigations
Aug 25 2026
California’s Billion-Dollar Union Machine
By Christopher F. Rufo, Kenneth Schrupp Read More
Issue Brief Governance, Culture
Sep 25 2025
Portland City Elections Toward Two Parties, More, or None?
By Kevin R. Kosar, Jack Santucci, Jaehun Lee Read More
Commentary Governance Public Unions, Remote Work
Apr 11 2023
How Remote Work Will Increase the Costs of Government
By Daniel DiSalvo, Michael Hartney Read More
Report Governance Public Unions
Apr 14 2022
By the Numbers: Public Unions' Money and Members Since Janus v. AFSCME
By Daniel DiSalvo Read time 21 mins Read More
Press Release
Apr 14 2022
New Report Evaluates Union Membership and Money Post-Janus
Read time 2 mins Read More
Commentary Education Pre K-12
Jan 25 2022
Janus Hasn’t Stopped Unions from Wielding Power over School Closures
By Daniel DiSalvo Read time 1 mins Read More
Report Governance Public Unions
Dec 21 2021
The Legal Aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME
By Daniel DiSalvo Read time 25 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety, Governance Policing, Crime Control, Public Unions
Sep 22 2020
The Trouble with Police Unions
By Daniel DiSalvo Read time 30 mins Read More
Commentary Governance
Apr 01 2020
The Relief Bill and Public Broadcasting: A Missed Opportunity
By Howard Husock Read time 4 mins Read More
Commentary Governance Public Unions
Mar 30 2020
The Future of Public-Employee Unions
By Daniel DiSalvo Read time 29 mins Read More