Government
A discussion about local, state, and federal governments.
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Jun- 2013 -28 June
SCOTUS: Moderately Legitimate
Moderately legitimate (via The Economist) THE SUPREME COURT struck down an unusually large number of statutes this term. Just this…
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23 June
Medicare Not Tracking Harmful Prescriptions
Inspector General Faults Medicare for Not Tracking ‘Extreme’ Prescribers by Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica More than…
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22 June
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21 June
Border Patrol: Fantasies of the Frontier
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Fantasies of the frontier (via The Economist) THE debate over security on America’s south-western border…
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18 June
Bank of America Lied to Customers
Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say by Paul Kiel, ProPublica Bank of America employees…
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17 June
Who Looks Worse Post Hiatt Deal – BSU or Gannett?
What Grades Do We Give Gannett and Ball State? Local resident Chris Hiatt has been sharing his displeasure across social…
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14 June
Guantanamo Bay: Judges Rule on Spiral Notebooks
Now on Trial at Guantanamo Bay: Spiral Notebooks by Cora Currier, ProPublica The Guantanamo Bay trials of alleged terrorists, restarted by…
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12 June
NSA Snooping Black Hole of Information
The NSA Black Hole: 5 Basic Things We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Snooping by Justin Elliott and Theodoric…
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11 June
Farm Bill Wastes Billions in Subsidies
Senate’s new farm bill will waste billions on subsidies, critics say (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View…
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10 June
China Purchases Largest American Pork Producer
China Purchases Largest Pork Company (via NewsLook) Video News by NewsLook The world’s largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods, will export…
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