Pennsylvania chief justice’s record held up, torn down by reform group

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Constitution, Judiciary, News, Other News, Pennsylvania, State Government, Uncategorized  /  No Comments

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By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — Judges in Pennsylvania typically have no problems securing their offices in retention races.

In 45 years, only Supreme Court Justice Russell Nigro lost his seat in 2005, after an infamous pay raise lawmakers gave themselves in the middle of the night inflamed state voters.

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Obama’s scandals reveal true face of government

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Commentary, Uncategorized  /  1 Comment

AP file photo

By Steven Greenhut | Franklin Center
The Obama administration has gotten itself into a fix between its contradictory stories about the Benghazi incident, reports of the IRS targeting conservative groups, and the Justice Department’s grabbing of phone records from AP reporters. There are few things more fun to watch than arrogant political leaders — folks who spend [...]

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¿Un acuerdo injusto para los contribuyentes en Florida?

By   /  May 15, 2013  /  Florida En Español, Uncategorized  /  No Comments

REMODELACION: Asi es como luce hoy el Miami Beach Convention Center.

Por Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog
MIAMI —Miami se prepara para lo que pronto podría convertirse en otro proyecto de obras públicas, que podría hacer mas rico a un desarrollador  y dejar a los contribuyentes sintiéndose defraudados.
El Centro de Convenciones de Miami Beach, fue construido en 1957 con capacidad para 15.000 personas, y ha necesitado durante mucho tiempo [...]

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Analysis: Suttle tries to push back at Stothert’s post primary surge

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  Nebraska, Nebraska Video, Uncategorized  /  33 Comments

Jean Stothert and JIm Suttle prior to a recent debate

Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog
In the final hours before voters go to the polls on Tuesday, Mayor Jim Suttle has dropped a chunk of his own cash into the race while Democrats tout some early voting numbers.
Both are seen as attempts to stop Republican Jean Stothert’s surge following her first place finish in the April [...]

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Does Medicaid ‘crowd out’ more effective private insurance?

By   /  May 7, 2013  /  Texas, Texas WatchBlog, Uncategorized, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

We've got Ted Cruz, 6, PolitiFact, 1, with a DQ. Four more rounds to go.

By Jon Cassidy | Watchdog.org
PolitiFact is a public affliction. Its journalism is pedantic, gullible, and shady, which is no easy combination.
PolitiFact is also dishonest, presenting plain old punditry as some new form of journalism that’s scrubbed clean of any trace of bias. But the advertised factishness is just a gambit – a way to gain [...]

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