Protecting public lands can be a boon for the private sector, attracting companies and workers to the communities that border them, more than 100 economists wrote in letter to President Obama this week.
The letter (PDF) , signed by Texas A&M professor Douglass Shaw, urges the president to invest More…
This week Congress will hold yet another hearing addressing a grievance from Catholic bishops, this time about a recent loss of federal funds.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on Thursday titled, “HHS and the Catholic Church: Examining the Politicization of Grants,” More…
The U.S. Postal Service is hurting. In April, The American Independent reported that it’s teetering on the brink of financial insolvency, with no obvious solution in sight. Unless something changes quickly, within five months, the USPS will default on its largest single financial obligation, an action that could have More…
This week, the U.S. Postal Service issued a new price hike. The change doesn’t affect the price of a basic first-class stamp, so it’s gone unnoticed by most consumers, but it’s the latest desperate volley from the Postal Service to stem the coming tide of insolvency.
Postal Service officials More…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker conceded today at a hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that major elements in the Wisconsin law denying collective bargaining rights to public worker unions don’t save the state any money.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker appeared by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday where he was questioned by U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) on recent news reports indicating Walker may have used his office to the benefit of campaign donors. Braley has asked committee leadership to More…
After challenging businesses across the country to submit some of their biggest regulatory gripes, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, received responses from companies large and small. Among them: Florida business and business lobby groups that are strongly opposed to new EPA water More…
In an era where the word “transparency” is a favorite bell to ring, a Congressional committee chair has asked federal agencies to provide a complete list of names of every person that has made a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
The New York Times reports More…
The 112th U.S. Congress convened Wednesday, committee assignments are now set and hearings are in the works. While much attention has been paid to what higher-profile committees in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives have planned — mainly, House Oversight Chair Darrell Issa’s investigations of the Obama administration — other More…
Today, in the White House Rose Garden, President Obama officially announced that Elizabeth Warren will become an adviser to the White House and Treasury Department, helping to start up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created in the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform law.
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