Marking the end of a decade-long legal saga, the teachers union in Washington state reached a settlement to pay $1.2 million in penalties plus legal fees for breaking state campaign finance laws and violating teacher free speech rights—nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Davenport ruling. Mike Reitz of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation celebrates a hard-fought victory and looks ahead to future battles for government union accountability and individual free speech rights.
