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Gas Industry Aims to Block Zero-Carbon Building Goal
The natural gas industry is working behind the scenes in Washington to block a green building rule that was expected to be a national model.
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Corporate Lobbying Group Asks Supreme Court Not to Use “Empirical Evidence” When Reconsidering Citizens United
Late last year, the Montana high court, citing the state’s long history of corporate money corrupting politics, defied the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and continued enforcing the state’s 100-year …
Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 22, 2012
Members of Congress Raise Questions about Walker's 2011 Testimony Three Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain clarification from Wisconsin …
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Entrapment of Cleveland 5 and NATO 3 Is Nothing New
The old trope of the bomb-throwing anarchist is back in the news, with a round-up in Ohio on May 1 and the three would-be NATO protesters arrested on Wednesday who are …
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Investor Kicked Out, WellPoint Refuses Further Disclosure of Toxic Political Spending
WellPoint executives hemmed and hawed at questions pertaining to political spending at Wednesday’s annual shareholders’ meeting. Health plan members and union leaders, who represent members with WellPoint health insurance, …
Wisconsin’s Billionaires Make a Sacrifice?
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay. Something has to give, say people backing Wisconsin's governor, Scott Walker. And that something just …
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Older Workers Have Highest Long-Term Jobless Rate
Older workers who lose their jobs have the highest rate of long-term unemployment compared to any other age group. In 2011, more than half of jobless workers, ages 50 …
Economic Update: Keynesian vs. Marxian Economics
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis.
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Marijuana Advocates Spend Big and Defeat Drug War Proponent in Oregon
As we’ve covered before at Republic Report, one of the reasons why marijuana remains illegal and the drug war continues to rage is because special interest groups like police …
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Why US Politicians Are Quiet About Europe’s Meltdown
After the Greek elections struck fear into the hearts of the global banksters, the fallout remains uncertain. If the next Greek election produces again an anti-austerity result, Greece will …