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Grading the Public Options That Already Exist
Pundits and politicians from both sides of the fence have been hollering themselves blue about a potential public health care option. Instead of relying on private insurers, ...via ProPublica -
Foreign workers for U.S. are casualties twice over
Rey Torres dreamed of a better life for his wife and five children when he left a neighborhood of wooden shacks and burning trash piles to drive a bus on a U.S. military base ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Industry Defends Federal Loophole for Drilling
In a packed and sometimes contentious hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, representatives of the oil and gas industry and their state regulators vigorously defended the practice ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Stimulus money going to scofflaw companies
One company paid nearly $1 million for destroying seagrass in the Florida Keys marine sanctuary. Another settled a discrimination case after federal investigators found it ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
As Crisis Loomed, Geithner Pressed But Fell Short
In September 2005, Timothy Geithner made one of his most visible moves as a supervisor of the U.S. banking system. He summoned the nation's top financial firms and their ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
How Citigroup Unraveled Under Geithner’s Watch
Geithner's tenure at the New York Fed – which bore the major responsibility for supervising Citigroup – covers a tumultuous span in which the sprawling conglomerate ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Agencies Move to Restrict FOIA Access in Last-Minute Regs
As one of the most secretive presidential administrations in history gets ready to close up shop, it's closing a few more things -- records. Over the past few months, some ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
In 90’s, Burris Sought Death Penalty for Innocent Man
While state attorney general in 1992, Burris aggressively sought the death penalty for Rolando Cruz, who twice was convicted of raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Bush by the Numbers
"The final report card for George W. Bush won’t be in the mail for another few years. (Nixon’s is still being revised -- and, for that matter, Lincoln’s.) But with just ...Posted by Margarita Persico -
Show Me the TARP Money
Each marker represents the headquarters of a financial institution that expects or has already received money from the Treasury Department under the TARP (Troubled Asset ...Posted by candice c novak
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Stimulus for Cotton Candy, Tango and a Fish Orchestra? Wacky, or Actually Worthy?
Breakfast at Fuddruckers: $19.24. Snow cone and cotton candy machine: $146.89. Six extra preview performances of “Little House on the Prairie – the Musical”: $50,000. ...via Publish2 -
Stimulus Contracts Go to Companies Under Criminal Investigation
The Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in stimulus contracts to six companies while they were under federal criminal investigation on suspicion of defrauding the ...via Ellen Miller -
Freddie Mac, Given Oversight of Mortgage Mod Program, Falls Down on Job
As ProPublica and others have reported, homeowners have frequently been rejected for loan mods even though they appear to qualify. The Treasury Department tapped Freddie to ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Slate Follows-up on Our Katrina Hospital Investigation —And We Follow-up Too
Levin points many of those who died were patients of a separate long term acute care hospital, LifeCare Hospitals of New Orleans, that leased the 7th floor of Memorial. He ...Posted by Joey Baker -
Sometimes It’s Not Your War, But You Sacrifice Anyway
These low-paid foreign workers face many of the same risks soldiers do. Mortars have killed Filipinos who served meals in mess halls. Assassins have targeted Iraqis ...via Publish2 -
Obama Administration Redacts Contract Details for Recovery.gov
Back in July, a software company named Smartronix landed an $18 million contract to build a Web site where taxpayers could easily track billions in federal stimulus money. It ...Posted by Joey Baker -
Problem nurses stay on the job as patients suffer
It's a high-stakes gamble that no one will be hurt as nurses with histories of drug abuse, negligence, violence and incompetence continue to provide care across the state. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee
The Obama administration's nomination of Ignacia Moreno to head the environment division of the Department of Justice is moving quietly through the confirmation process, with ...Posted by Joey Baker -
California Budget Cuts Could Cause ‘Public Safety Emergency'
That may not sound like much alongside the hundreds of millions in proposed slashes to the state's education, prison and health care systems. But it's half the lab's budget ...Posted by Joey Baker -
14th Bank Returns TARP Money
On Friday, two more banks returned their TARP money: Alliance [1] of Syracuse, N.Y., ($26.9 million) and Texas Capital [2] of Dallas ($75 million). So far, 14 banks have ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
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