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Palm Beach Post Trumpets Florida Jobless, but Facts Tell Another Tale 27 Aug 2013 | 09:27 pm
The Palm Beach Post yesterday published a lengthy article criticizing Gov. Rick Scott’s economic performance and highlighting people who are unemployed, even though Florida’s unemployment rate is down...
Ex-Teacher Union Boss Named Pennsylvania Education Secretary 27 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
Dr. Carolyn Dumaresq, former executive director of the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the state’s largest and most powerful teachers’ union, has been named Acting Secretary of Educat...
Jim DeMint: Ohio Should Reject Medicaid Expansion “Fool’s Gold” 27 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
Jim DeMint, president of The Heritage Foundation and formerly a U.S. senator from South Carolina, described the promise of Obamacare Medicaid expansion funding as “fool’s gold” in an August 26 intervi...
John Lewis Hires Hilltop Staffer for U.S. House Campaign in Montana 27 Aug 2013 | 01:03 am
A former top staffer for outgoing U.S. Sen. Max Baucus plans to run for the state’s sole U.S. House seat, according to emerging news reports, and the controversial campaign consulting firm Hilltop Pub...
Florida Democratic Leader Smith Caught Falsely Smearing Media Trackers 26 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
Florida Senate Democratic Party Leader Chris Smith embarrassed himself Friday with a series of false statements while lashing out at Media Trackers Florida in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. In the Su...
Wisconsin Tribe Could Push for Double Standard on Wetlands 26 Aug 2013 | 11:16 pm
In a controversial move, the Bad River Band of Chippewa have hired their own wetlands delineator to map out wetlands located on property controlled by Gogebic Taconite, a company seeking to build an i...
Media Trackers Florida Scrutinzes Republicans, Democrats Alike 26 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
Media Trackers Florida frequently directs criticism at Republican politicians, despite assertions by Florida Senate Democratic Party Leader Chris Smith that Media Trackers Florida is “a hit squad agai...
Ohio “Financial Responsibility in Government Act” Introduced 26 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
State Representative Louis Terhar (R-Green Township) joined Auditor of State Dave Yost in announcing Terhar’s forthcoming “Financial Responsibility in Government Act,” which they claim will require mu...
Milwaukee Mayor’s Staff Used Shootings to Push Anti-Gun Agenda 26 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
In the aftermath of the Azana Spa shooting in October of 2012, and the Newtown Connecticut school shooting in December of 2012, a staff member for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett used the incidents as pub...
Teachers Union President Siphons $1 Million From Ohio Educators 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
Outgoing Ohio Education Association (OEA) President Patricia Frost-Brooks was paid a total of $998,949 from 2008-2012, the first five years of her six-year tenure. Thanks to union contracts that exis...
