Day of the dead: Regulations bury grieving families

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  National, National News, News  /  No Comments

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By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The monks of St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, La., leave this world in the same simple way as they live in it.
And when public interest in their basic, handmade wooden caskets grew, the monks proved to have a shrewd business sense, too.  They opened a woodworking shop in [...]

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Climate skeptics view environmental activism as greater threat than global warming

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  Alaska, California, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Featured, Federal Government, Foreign News & Policy, National, National News, Regulations  /  5 Comments

Rising sea level a security threat?

Not only can you “actually see Russia” from some parts of Alaska, but you may also see the wrong end of a missile launched from North Korea.

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GAO: Serious cuts, tax increases possible due to health care, pension costs

By   /  May 3, 2013  /  Accountability, California, Finances, Florida, Health Care, Illinois, Issues, National, National News, News, Pennsylvania, Pensions, State Budgets, State Government  /  24 Comments

WASHING AWAY: Pension costs are forcing state and local governments to cut vital services while they raise taxes, too - and it's not going to stop anytime soon, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — People will be paying more and getting less from their governments as health costs and pension obligations will force state and local governments to adjust their budgets over the next 50 years, according to a new report.

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McAuliffe car co. parent in off-shore tax shelter

By   /  April 29, 2013  /  Environmental, Featured, Immigration, National, National News, News, Virginia  /  168 Comments

Bill Clinton, Haley Barbour, Terry McAuliffe

The parent company of a “green” car venture with ties to the Obama Administration and Democratic Party leader Terry McAuliffe is incorporated in the tax shelter country of the British Virgin Islands, Watchdog has learned.

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Barack Obama’s GreenTech connection: Rick Wade

By   /  April 24, 2013  /  Energy, Environment, Environmental, National News, Virginia  /  1 Comment

Barack Obama

Part 9 of 20 in the series Terry McAuliffe, gubernatorial candidate and carmogul

By Tori Richards | Watchdog.org
Rick C. Wade is an exceptionally busy man.  
The former Obama cabinet official helped run the president’s latest campaign while simultaneously serving as a Democratic Party executive and vice president of GreenTech Automotive, the “green car” company owned by [...]

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