February 21, 2023 "Loyalty Oaths" in University Employment Should Be a Non-starter June 8, 2022 Part Four: Does Kansas City Have an Affordable Housing Problem? March 9, 2020 The Appalling Lede Buried in Prison Guard Labor "Dispute" Story February 24, 2020 On Government Union Reforms, Present and Future February 18, 2020 Testimony: Senate Bill 701, Paycheck Protection, and Collective Bargaining Agreements January 6, 2020 Missouri at the Crossroads: Government Union Laws and the Path to Successful Enforcement November 20, 2019 Are Government Unions Adequately Informing Workers of Their Rights? November 15, 2019 Missouri's Government Union Reforms Still Tied Up in the Courts September 10, 2019 Testimony: The Need for Real Pension Reform September 12, 2018 Agency Fees in Government Aren't Allowed in Missouri, But That Didn't Stop Some Local Governments August 21, 2018 Introducing the Show-Me CBAs Project August 1, 2018 Patrick Ishmael Discusses Right to Work and Prop A (The McGraw Show, KTRS) June 18, 2018 Michigan Repeals Prevailing Wage, and Missouri Should, Too May 17, 2018 Government Union Reform Passes the Legislature March 9, 2018 In Janus, A National Reexamination of Government Unions January 30, 2018 Workforce Development Must Encompass the Spectrum of Professions January 17, 2018 Testimony: Government Employee Union Reform January 16, 2018 2018 Blueprint: Right to Work January 16, 2018 2018 Blueprint: Public Union Recertification January 5, 2018 An Emerging Policy Frontier: Workforce Development January 1, 2018 SCOTUS and Government Union Agency Fees (The McGraw Show, KTRS) May 12, 2017 Session Notes: Minimum Wage To Be Set By State Alone April 3, 2017 Wisconsin Passes Project Labor Agreement Reform February 24, 2017 First Responders Have Rights, Too February 22, 2017 Testimony: House Bill 251, "Paycheck Protection" February 14, 2017 Testimony: Senate Bill 238--Government Union Reform February 6, 2017 Done: Missouri Becomes 28th Right to Work State January 1, 2017 Why Eliminating Project Labor Agreements Will Lower Costs and Create More Jobs for Missourians December 5, 2016 Right to Work, Show-Me Lead the Nightly News in KC August 31, 2016 Heritage Study: $15 Minimum Wage Would Wipe Out Equivalent of 218,000 Missouri Jobs November 30, 2015 Rise Of The Roosevelt Law: Is Reform In Government Unions Coming To Missouri? November 30, 2015 Is Reform in Government Unions Coming to Missouri? February 26, 2014 Paycheck Protection Bills Return To The Missouri Legislature February 25, 2014 Why Would Unions And Some Big Businesses Support Raising the Minimum Wage? Some Reasons February 24, 2014 Strong Arm Of Public Employee Unions Reaches For Home-Care Workers February 20, 2014 Left Wages War On Poor With Minimum Wage Push May 17, 2013 Ishmael on KWMU: Raising the Minimum Wage May 14, 2013 The Ayes Have It: Worker Speech Rights Bill Passes April 23, 2013 It Is Called 'Fact-Checking,' Rolling Stone, And You Should Try It April 3, 2013 In Support of Workers' Free Speech Rights January 28, 2013 An Impromptu Follow-Up To 'Responsible Bidder' Blog Series January 17, 2013 Part Two: 'Responsible Bidder' Does Not Mean 'Union-Only' January 16, 2013 Part One: 'Responsible Bidder' Does Not Mean 'Union-Only' September 5, 2012 It's Official: Payday Lending, Minimum Wage Initiatives Off November Ballot June 22, 2011 Pop-Tartocracy