Md. Transportation Comm. to Recommend Gas Tax Hike
A Maryland commission will be offering a recommendation to increase the state's gas taxes, raise vehicle registration fees, and employ a catalog of new tax hikes to augment roughly $870 million...
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Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline
Political contention over TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline is rife with rhetoric and claims of environmental apocalypse, as the paperwork for the proposed 1,700-mile Canada-U.S. pipeline gathers dust on President Obama’s in-tray....
New EU Child Safety Rules Govern Balloons and Whistles
Under a new European Union (EU) edict on toy safety, unsupervised children below the age of eight will no longer be permitted to blow up balloons due to choking hazards, according...
Obama’s Jobs Council Comprises Job-Cutting Executives
President Obama is traveling to Pittsburgh today to discuss with prominent American business leaders the lingering economic barrier of high unemployment. The gathering will consist of members of the President’s Council...
Emails Show Obama Fundraiser Pushed for Solyndra Loan
Developments relating to the Solyndra debacle continue to surface as newly-surfaced internal government emails reveal that an Obama administration appointee at the Department of Energy (DOE) — and major Obama fundraiser — pushed to...
Justice Official’s Romantic Junkets Cost Taxpayers Thousands
Added to the expanding catalog of federal embarrassments, such as gunrunning scandals and bankrupt green energy companies, are taxpayer-funded trips taken by a Justice Department official to "facilitate a physical relationship...
Gibson Raid Leaves Other Guitar Makers at Risk
As federal prosecutors confirmed in a court filing Wednesday that a criminal investigation involving the recent raid on Gibson Guitar Corporation is now in motion, other American guitar makers are expressing...
Michigan Gets $196.5 Million Grant For Amtrak Rail
Federal authorities furnished Michigan transportation officials Wednesday with a $196.5-million grant for track and signal upgrades on an Amtrak passenger rail running between Chicago and Detroit. The line, running on Amtrak’s...
Michelle Obama’s Africa Trip Cost Taxpayers Over $400,000
First Lady Michelle Obama's June 2011 African safari is now being considered a half-million-dollar taxpayer-funded boondoggle, due to newly-released accounting information gathered by Judicial Watch, a nonpartisan government watchdog. Judicial Watch...
Michigan GOP Lawmakers Pursue Right-to-Work Legislation
GOP lawmakers in Michigan, the birthplace of the American labor movement, are pursuing historic legislation that would make theirs the 23rd state to finalize a "right-to-work" law. But could the state...
Black Entertainment TV Founder Criticizes Obama’s Class Warfare
Robert Johnson (left), business magnate and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), has joined the mounting list of CEOs and business leaders who are questioning President Obama’s incessant demagoguing of America’s...
Will EPA Report Stall Environmental Regulations?
A report released last week by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General questions the procedural policy of the EPA’s 2009 decision that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health...
Obamas Wall Street Donors Turn to Mitt Romney
As the 2012 presidential race surges forward, President Obama’s past Wall Street financiers are abandoning him and steadily migrating to the Right, pursuing candidates more supportive of the financial sector and...
Rep. Don Young to Repeal Every Regulation Enacted Since 1991
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska, left) plans to introduce a controversial bill that would abolish every federal regulation enacted in the past two decades, including restrictions on banking, oil drilling, healthcare, and...
Feds to Regulate Public Swimming Pool Drains
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has reversed course on a law to regulate safety systems to prevent swimmers, particularly children, from getting trapped in public swimming pool drains. Federal regulators...