Colorado tea party groups targets of IRS scrutiny

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Colorado, News, Non-Profits, Taxes  /  2 Comments

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By Calvin Thompson | Colorado Watchdog

DENVER — In the wake of the Internal Revenue Service profiling scandal, a Colorado tea party chapter now says it was given extra scrutiny by the tax-collecting agency after it applied for non-profit status.

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Policies, tax dollars enrich Goodwill execs

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  National, News, Non-Profits  /  12 Comments

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By John Hrabe | For Watchdog.org
Marathon runners like Jim Barnette are usually model employees. They’ll slog through whatever task is in front of them. Stocking shelves or greeting customer. Pulling clothes or pushing specials.
A 10-year veteran at Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette, the 49-year-old is described by co-workers as having a “can-do attitude.” What [...]

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Governor shows his hand about ending income tax

By   /  January 18, 2013  /  Budget, economic development, Nebraska, Non-Profits, Tax Reform, Taxes  /  18 Comments

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By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog
LINCOLN – Farmers, hospitals and manufacturers would begin paying more sales taxes under a proposal laid out by Gov. Dave Heineman Friday to end some sales tax exemptions in order to scrap the state income tax.
The state of Nebraska exempts about $5 billion worth of goods and services, and the [...]

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Group plans billboard campaign to stir climate change debate

By   /  January 17, 2013  /  Climate Change, News, Non-Profits  /  4 Comments

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By Carten Cordell │ Watchdog.org
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A free-market environmental group is looking to stir the global-warming debate with a new ad campaign targeting New York and Washington, D.C.
Its secret weapon: Barack Obama.
The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit advocating free-market solutions for environmental issues, is launching the billboard ad campaign this [...]

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‘We’re not federal employees,’ says federal spokesperson for secret Colorado lab

By   /  December 13, 2012  /  Colorado, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Featured, Non-Profits, Open Records, Power Abuse  /  27 Comments

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By Tori Richards | Watchdog.org
GOLDEN, Colo. – Hidden in the mountains outside Denver, the secret National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is already hard to find. Now officials at the federal green-energy lab say they’ve got another layer of protection: they’re not subject to public oversight because they’re not [...]

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