All eyes will be on one of the nation’s largest publicly traded companies next week when shareholders will vote on whether the company should make LGBT protections part of its formal non-discrimination policy. At a meeting set for May 30 in Dallas, shareholders for the ExxonMobil Corp. will vote on a resolution to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the equal employment opportunity policy for its estimated 82,000 workers — a change the company has resisted. Thomas DiNapoli (Photo by Thomas Good via Wikimedia) The resolution is being put before shareholders by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. He’s trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which owns more than 16 million shares of ExxonMobil at an estimated market value of $1.3 ... Continue reading →
Washington (CNN) - With less than two weeks left before the Wisconsin recall election, Republican Gov. Scott Walker is getting some more out-of-state help. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will campaign alongside Walker, who is facing Democrat Tom Barrett in the recall fight on June 1, Haley's office told CNN. – Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker Wisconsin voters go to the polls on June 5 to decide whether to remove Walker from office in the wake of last year's divisive battle over his push to limit the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions. "Scott Walker's fight is about more than Wisconsin," said Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey. "It's about a courageous governor who goes into office and carries out his promises to his state ... Continue reading →
The campaign of Scott Walker's challenger Tom Barrett spent $580,910 last week in television ad buys, compared with $219,764 from the week before, according to ad buy numbers from a Democratic source in Wisconsin. Cable spending expereinced the biggest bump, from $13,829 to $116,340. The Greater Wisconsin Committee, an outside group on the Democratic side of the recall, also increased its television spending in the last two weeks, putting in $325,000 the week of May 8 to May 14 and $1,100,000 the week of May 15 to May 21. Walker, the controversial governor who faces a recall election on June 5, enjoys a four or five point lead in most recent polls. Unlike the Democratic side, the Republican side of the recall has enjoyed large ... Continue reading →