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Stop the deficit extremists
The U.S. economy is improving, yet Congress seems still to be in the grip of the delirium that shrinking the deficit in the near term is still a matter of paramount urgency. That's what's prevented lawmakers from dealing with their real task, which is...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Career and Workplace, Congressional Budget Office
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No, Big Brother isn't watching
It's easy to imagine an alternate America in which President Barack Obama had ostentatiously dismantled or curtailed the government's electronic surveillance program shortly after his inauguration in 2009. Today, nearly two months after the Boston...
Tags: Barack Obama, Terrorism, Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, The Wall Street Journal
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Champions of the Middle Class, or Bad for Business? Lawmakers earn conflicting grade cards
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Are they champions for middle-class families and job killers at the same time? Florida lawmakers routinely get chaffed and praised by Florida's powerful business lobby following the legislative session in report cards released by the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Lauderdale Lakes, Miami Gardens, West Palm Beach
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Rosenthal: Nothing special about upcoming legislative session
Expecting this latest special session of the legislature in Springfield to get Illinois' finances back on track is like expecting someone who throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field to give the Cubs six solid innings on the mound. Both...
Tags: John J Cullerton, Wrigley Field, Finance, Pension and Welfare, Moody's Corporation
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A look inside the Corbetts' home
Capitol IdeasYo! Since the latest Quinnipiac University poll numbers show Tom Corbett may not win a second term, now is the time to see how he and his wife have decorated the governor’s mansion. Starting Sunday, First Lady Susan Corbett will...... -
Free #fishing and clinic June 1 at Iroqouis Lake in #Schenectady, NY
Lehigh Valley WildThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will conduct a freesportfishing clinic on Saturday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Iroquois Lake in Schenectady’s Central Park as part of the I FISH NY program. “Under... -
"Ineffective management" by IRS in Tea Party scandal, auditor testifies
Watchdog with Paul MuschickIn the latest twist in the IRS-Tea Party scandal, the inspector general overseeing the IRS testified Monday that "ineffective management" resulted in improper activity for 18 months. "The IRS used inappropriate criteria that identified for review Tea... -
Payday lending bill passes first hurdle in Senate
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe latest proposal to allow payday loan stores to return to Pennsylvania was approved today by the Senate Banking Committee. I didn't attend this morning's hearing on Senate Bill 975, but got word of the committee's action from Al Bowman,...... -
More on yesterday's vote on whether to allow payday loan stores to return to PA
Watchdog with Paul MuschickI mentioned briefly yesterday that the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted Tuesday for a bill that would result in payday loan stores returning to Pennsylvania. Here are details of that vote and some reaction to it. The vote was...... -
Schwartz to speak, meet with Democrats in Allentown this week
Valley 610Allyson Schwartz, the Democratic Congresswoman and announced 2014 candidate for Pennsylvania governor will visit Allentown Friday, addressing the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual Lehigh Valley Women's Summit at Cedar Crest College. Schwartz is... -
Easton track duo signing with colleges
The Varsity BlogTwo of Easton's top seniors are announcing their college choices. Sprinter Kiana Farrar is heading to Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She'll make it official Thursday morning in the high school gym lobby. Classmate Ariel Latourette will make her... -
Gay Scout Policy Change
Blogging with Bill WhiteI promised in my Thursday column to run the full texts of two items relating to the Boy Scouts' recent decision to allow openly gay boys to be Scouts. One was an email I received from Mario Machado (above, with......
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