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, [...]

By ANDREW W. GRIFFIN
Oklahoma Watchdog, editor
andrew@oklahomawatchdog.org
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Tea Party movement in Oklahoma is getting increasingly more attention this week in the wake of the Associated Press story on Wednesday that highlights interest in this state in having a state militia that would be on guard to protect citizens in the state from federal [...]

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. [...]

Virginia delegates are shaking their fists at the federal government by adding to a crop of anti-government legislation sprouting around the country.
A bill aiming to duck out of federal healthcare reform has been approved by Virginia’s general assembly, while similar legislation has been filed in at least 30 other states, according to the Washington-based nonprofit [...]