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Call for New Jersey Governor to Repay $65 Million to Carbon Fund
Last year New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie diverted an estimated $65 million from the state's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) revenues to help balance a $10.7 billion budget. …
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Bahrain’s Treatment of Opposition Shows Pattern of Abuse
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The first sign that Bahrain's security forces were going to detain former Bahraini parliamentarian Jawad Fairooz came at 8:30 p.m. May 2, when about …
People First … and Dogs, Too: A Case Study of Throwing Money and High Technology at a Military Problem
US Army Spc. Kory Wiels and his military working canine Cooper take a break after searching a house for weapons and homemade explosives in Arab Jabour, southern Baghdad, Iraq, …
Wall Street Banker Peter Peterson and the Deficit Ostriches
Last spring, Wall Street investment banker Peter Peterson hosted a lavish, daylong conference devoted to the budget deficit. One of the highlights was an appearance by President Clinton. Clinton …
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Politico Has Not Heard About the Collapse of the Housing Bubble and Economic Crisis
That is the conclusion that readers of a Politico article headlined, "budget surplus to deficit: how we got here,"must conclude. This article attributes the increase in the deficit in …
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California Homeowners Left to Fight Foreclosure on Their Own
Three years into the mortgage meltdown, California homeowners still have little relief from the foreclosure crisis. Last week, state legislative committees failed to clear three separate bills designed to …
Representative Schakowsky, Am I a “Provocation”?
In the grand scheme of things, Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky is one of my favorite members of Congress: progressive, smart, articulate, willing to stand up for what's right even …
What a Public Bank Could Mean for California
California State Capitol, Sacramento. (Photo: Willem van Bergen) California is the eighth largest economy in the world, and it has a debt burden to match. The state …
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Republican FCC Commissioner Who Approved NBC Merger Becomes Comcast Lobbyist
Republican FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker will leave her position with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in June to serve as senior vice president of government affairs with Comcast-NBC. …
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