After problems plague Hawaii State Labor Agency, feds may take over workplace investigations
On April 8, 2011, a violent explosion rocked a Waikele Self Storage facility, blowing out its doors and setting a nearby car on fire. The explosion killed 5 men employed by Donaldson Enterprises who were disassembling commercial grade cake-style fireworks inside a bunker.
Read More →Exclusive: Expert says Hatch Act could prevent federal employee from running for legislature
OMAHA — Questions are being raised about whether the Hatch Act prohibits a Lincoln blogger from running for the Legislature this fall.
Read More →Tennessee taxpayers pay millions to GM after increased lobbying
By Christopher Butler | Tennessee Watchdog
NASHVILLE – General Motors has billions of dollars in cash reserves, and one would think that the company is self-sufficient and can operate without a helping hand from taxpayers — but that is not the case, especially in Tennessee.
Taxpayers in the Volunteer State, as well as those in many other states, [...]
Google Puts Job Losses in Motion
I’m not sure how much I have to add to this. Frankly I’m going to let Google’s new Public Data Explorer do all the work.
Their new program creates interactive maps and charts that really put things in perspective. One of their examples shows unemployment gains and losses since January 1990 using data from the U.S. [...]
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