Aspen Journalism
Aspen’s hydro process is criticized before Congress
Source: Aspen Journalism
May 14, 2012 - 4:00 pm
The entrance to the city’s emergency drain line and penstock at the Thomas Reservoir. The emergency drain line/penstock was put in place to both drain the reservoir and to carry water down the hill to a proposed new hydropower plant. The city...
New stream gauge on Castle Creek installed
Source: Aspen Journalism
May 1, 2012 - 9:40 am
A USGS staff gauge on Castle Creek was installed recently. The gauge, or “gage,” as USGS calls it, began measuring the height of the water in Castle Creek on April 26. Once enough initial data has been collected, the gauge will begin...
Groups seek water for rivers, and fish, this summer
Source: Aspen Journalism
April 30, 2012 - 9:36 am
The straight-edged dam across the upper Roaring Fork River that diverts water into the Salvation Ditch creates a still pond above the rocky riverbed. The owners of the ditch are being asked to leave water in the river this summer. Photo: Brent...
Austin Bulldog
Background Investigation: Dominic Chavez
Source: Austin Bulldog
May 9, 2012 - 12:47 pm
Background Investigation: Dominic Chavez
Here's What the Public Records SayAbout the City Council Candidate
by Rebecca LaFlure© The Austin Bulldog 2012Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:13pm
Throughout his campaign for Austin City Council, Dominic...
City Council Tackles Charter Recommendations
Source: Austin Bulldog
April 26, 2012 - 6:36 pm
City Council Tackles Charter Recommendations
Redistricting Expert, Charter Revision Committee Members, and Grass-roots Group Critical of Task Force Plan
By Ken Martin© The Austin Bulldog Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012, 9:30 pm
Although the...
Broward Bulldog
Audit finds suspicious Medicare billing by thousands of doctors; high charges most common in Florida
Source: Broward Bulldog
May 10, 2012 - 3:35 am
By Fred Schulte, The Center for Public Integrity
HHS headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Matt Bisanz/Wikimedia Commons
Thousands of doctors across the country are billing Medicare for routine medical care at rates far above their peers,...
Top 10 donors make up a third of donations to super PACs
Source: Broward Bulldog
May 2, 2012 - 3:29 am
By John Dunbar and Michael Beckel, the Center for Public Integrity
Contrary to expectations, the much-criticized court decisions that gave us “super PACs” have not led to a tsunami of contributions flowing from the treasuries of Fortune 500...
A pattern of brutality: Jury awards $175K to handcuffed suspect beaten by Miami cop
Source: Broward Bulldog
May 1, 2012 - 3:19 am
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Gerald Lelieve
A federal jury has awarded $175,000 to a former Miramar resident, now a state prisoner, who it found was brutalized while in Miami police custody in 2006.
Gerald Lelieve suffered severe internal...
Bureaucrats’ last minute demand alters Broward trash negotiations and could lead to higher rates
Source: Broward Bulldog
April 27, 2012 - 3:25 am
By Buddy Nevins, BrowardBulldog.org
Deputy Broward County Attorney Noel Pfeffer makes a point while Solid Waste Director Elliott Auerhahn listens during negotiations over new waste disposal contract.
The promise of the lowest price for waste...
Florida criminal probe, whistleblower suit spotlight tree poisoning to make way for billboards
Source: Broward Bulldog
April 26, 2012 - 3:30 am
By Myron Levin, Lilly Fowler and Stuart Silverstein, Fair Warning
The stump of one of more than 2,000 trees allegedly cut by a billboard company in North Florida. A grand jury said the state wrongly issued cutting permits.
Robert J. Barnhart was a...
California Watch
Issa blasts costly airport-security machines languishing in storage
Source: California Watch
May 15, 2012 - 6:05 am
G.W. Schulz
Oversight & Government Reform Committee Security-screening equipment in storage in Texas.
An estimated $184 million worth of security-screening equipment purchased by the federal government is gathering dust in storage...
Advocates fear patient care will suffer under state budget cuts
Source: California Watch
May 15, 2012 - 12:05 am
Christina Jewett
ideabug/istockphoto.com
Gov. Jerry Brown announced a state budget yesterday that relies on hospitals and nursing homes to achieve nearly $400 million in savings – a week after a far smaller proposal prompted...
Critics struggle to end 'pay to play' in school bonds
Source: California Watch
May 14, 2012 - 12:05 am
Will Evans
Boaz Yiftach/freedigitalphotos.net
Critics of the practice in which financial firms help pass school bonds that they profit from are continuing to push for reforms, but so far have faced resistance and failure.
In California,...
CSU Long Beach spends student MBA fees on professor pay
Source: California Watch
May 14, 2012 - 12:05 am
Erica Perez
vmvm/istockphoto.com
Officials at CSU Long Beach spent nearly $200,000 on extra pay for some business school faculty, tapping student fees that were supposed to be spent on recruiting professors, getting more research...
Lawmakers: Health care districts must unleash bank accounts
Source: California Watch
May 14, 2012 - 12:05 am
Katharine Mieszkowski
U.S. Census Bureau
California lawmakers are moving to crack down on taxpayer-funded health care districts that have banked tens of millions of dollars at the expense of funding community-health projects.
A bill...
Catalyst Chicago
In the News: Neighborhood group seeks to head off CPS
Source: Catalyst Chicago
May 15, 2012 - 6:33 am
The Logan Square Neighborhood Association is establishing the Logan Square School Facilities Council to make sure no closed-door decisions are made at the Board of Education about the future of Ames Middle School.
Three elementary schools currently...
In the News: City puts up cash to hire CCC grads
Source: Catalyst Chicago
May 14, 2012 - 5:53 am
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a $2 million stipend for companies willing to hire City Colleges of Chicago graduates.
Lake Forest College graduated the first class from its Chicago Scholars program, which targets CPS students. The program, begun five...
CTU: Poll shows members unhappy with contract proposal
Source: Catalyst Chicago
May 11, 2012 - 3:25 pm
In the ongoing battle between the Chicago Teachers Union and CPS over a new contract, CTU announced Friday that the first large-scale poll of its members found that more than 90 percent think the current proposal will "lower the quality of education...
In the News: CPS explains student 'verification'
Source: Catalyst Chicago
May 11, 2012 - 6:31 am
Last week Chicago Public Schools issued to all principals an elaborate memo outlining how all teachers were being required to "verify" the students they had taught in the previous year — even down to estimating how much of the "learning" these...
Charter funding bill not yet a done deal
Source: Catalyst Chicago
May 10, 2012 - 10:22 am
SPRINGFIELD -- The Chicago Teachers Union and other charter critics spoke out strongly in opposition to a proposal that would increase the funding that school districts must provide for charter schools, squaring off against supporters who want equal...
Center for Investigative Reporting
Homeland security business growing for 2 Calif. drone-makers
Source: Center for Investigative Reporting
May 11, 2012 - 1:01 am
Credit: Customs and Border Protection
A pair of defense firms based in California that specialize in manufacturing pilotless aircraft, also known as drones, are considered rising stars among contractors for the Department of Homeland Security,...
Border Patrol tackles corruption in new strategic blueprint
Source: Center for Investigative Reporting
May 11, 2012 - 1:01 am
In issuing its first new national strategy in eight years, the U.S. Border Patrol acknowledged this week an embarrassing but serious concern within its ranks: corruption.
“The U.S. Border Patrol is fortunate in that the documented cases of corrupt...
Update: Shooting at Ethiopian plantation
Source: Center for Investigative Reporting
May 10, 2012 - 4:48 pm
In February we produced a story for the PBS NewsHour about a controversial resettlement plan in southwestern Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government had launched a program to resettle tens of thousands of residents in the Gambella region at the same time...
Prime hospital’s stent placements violated state regulations
Source: Center for Investigative Reporting
May 2, 2012 - 3:39 am
Calif. still leads nation in Iraq, Afghan war casualties
Source: Center for Investigative Reporting
April 30, 2012 - 12:00 am
Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Johnson
Credit: U.S. Army
When Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Johnson’s Black Hawk helicopter went down during bad weather April 19, killing him and three others, he became the 671st service member from California...
Center for Public Integrity
OPINION: Palin's rhetoric torpedoed Medicare savings
Source: Center for Public Integrity
May 14, 2012 - 3:00 am
We’ll be hearing a lot from politicians this summer and fall about the urgency of dealing with Medicare spending, which will begin to rise sharply in the coming years as increasing numbers of the country’s 75 million baby boomers turn 65.
If we’re...
Package from Yemen leads to worker illness, government stonewalling
Source: Center for Public Integrity
May 14, 2012 - 3:00 am
Paz Oquendo, a worker at the U.S. Postal Service’s Orlando sorting facility, smelled the noxious odor first. It was Feb. 4, 2011, and the foul stench was coming from one of the large mailbags hanging near the package-conveyor belts.
She ran over to...
Public overwhelmingly supports large defense spending cuts
Source: Center for Public Integrity
May 10, 2012 - 7:00 am
While politicians, insiders and experts may be divided over how much the government should spend on the nation’s defense, there’s a surprising consensus among the public about what should be done: They want to cut spending far more deeply than...
Public offers mixed support for military healthcare changes
Source: Center for Public Integrity
May 10, 2012 - 7:00 am
The military has long prided itself on the medical and other benefits it supplies members, both active duty and retired. They have been a major selling point for the all-volunteer force. But with new budget austerity pressures, the...
How this survey was conducted
Source: Center for Public Integrity
May 10, 2012 - 7:00 am
This study was fielded over the internet from April 13th - 19th with 665 American adults selected as a representative sample of the American public. They are part of a nationwide panel of Knowledge Networks, a company started by two Stanford...
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
Los Katz pierden “la lotería” en Costa Serena
Source: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
May 11, 2012 - 9:14 am
El tasador Eduardo Robles, contratado por el Estado, interpreta sin tapujos lo que significaría que el gobierno expropie el manglar de la compañía PFZ Properties, contiguo al solar donde la empresa quiso construir el tronchado mega hotel Costa...
Grupito de confianza de José Ortiz cobra sobre el máximo de escalas salariales de la AAA
Source: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
May 11, 2012 - 5:27 am
Diez empleados de confianza de José Ortiz Vázquez, presidente ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA), devengan sueldos anuales que sobrepasan por miles de dólares el máximo de las escalas salariales para los puestos que...
Dos empresas dispuestas a resucitar el escrutinio electrónico
Source: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
May 9, 2012 - 4:59 pm
Quedan dos opciones para resucitar el escrutinio electrónico de votos en las próximas elecciones. Y es que dos de las cuatro compañías que compitieron para dar ese servicio, Smartmatic y Dominion Voting Systems, están dispuestas a crear el software...
Después de la tormenta ya no llega la calma
Source: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
May 8, 2012 - 3:03 pm
La insoportable levedad del ICP
Parecía que el escenario no podía ser más tétrico y desolador. Pero entonces llegó el presupuesto de 2012-13, en el cual la gran mayoría de los sectores culturales del país quedaron aún más golpeados que en el año...
165 empleados de confianza de la AAA cobraron $1.1 millón en bonos en 2011
Source: Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
May 4, 2012 - 6:25 pm
La Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA) pagó en el 2011 más de $1.1 millón en bonos a 165 empleados de confianza con salarios ascendentes a $11.9 millones para ese año, según la lista oficial completa obtenida por el Centro de...
City Limits New York
Disabled Can Teach Cops, Hospitals How to Deal
Source: City Limits New York
May 12, 2012 - 9:00 pm
There are plenty of stories of police officers, hospitals, state homes and others mishandling interactions with disabled people. The fix, says this writer, is more face time.
Politics of Prison Rape: How PREA Came To Be
Source: City Limits New York
May 11, 2012 - 9:00 pm
In 2003, Congress voted unanimously for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, which President Bush signed on Sept. 4 of that year.
Politics of Prison Rape: How PREA Came To Be
Source: City Limits New York
May 10, 2012 - 9:00 pm
In 2003, Congress voted unanimously for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, which President Bush signed on Sept. 4 of that year.
Brooklyn Students Press for Dream Act
Source: City Limits New York
May 1, 2012 - 9:00 pm
College students are pressing the state legislature to pass a New York version of an idea that's stalled at the federal level: Giving undocumented immigrant students a chance at a career in America.
America's Cities Shaped (and Mishaped) by Rules
Source: City Limits New York
April 29, 2012 - 9:00 pm
Zoning laws, building codes and other regulations can seem like bureaucratic obscurities. But, says this author, they have a powerful—and often negative—impact on urban areas.
Connecticut Health Investigative Team
Little Progress Made On Health Disparities, New Report Shows
Source: Connecticut Health Investigative Team
May 10, 2012 - 10:45 am
Health disparities between blacks and whites in categories including maternal deaths and advanced-stage breast cancer diagnoses are worsening, while only a handful of disparities related to race, ethnicity or income showed significant improvement...
Two Connecticut Doctors Lose Licenses In New York State
Source: Connecticut Health Investigative Team
April 25, 2012 - 4:00 am
Two Connecticut physicians charged with misconduct—in one case, related to sex crimes, the other related to drugs—have lost their right to practice medicine in New York State.
Earlier this month, the New York State Board for Professional...
Over 500 Docs And Nurses Providing Care In Medical Homes
Source: Connecticut Health Investigative Team
April 22, 2012 - 2:00 pm
More than 500 primary care doctors and nurses are now working in patient-centered medical homes, an increasingly popular health care strategy that advocates say improves care and cuts costs.
As of mid-April, 121 medical offices in Connecticut have...
VA Program Designed To Help Vets And Their Caregivers
Source: Connecticut Health Investigative Team
April 19, 2012 - 5:00 pm
Brianna and Andrew Pavlak go grocery shopping on weeknights when there are fewer shoppers because Andrew, a National Guard veteran, gets nervous in crowds.
They love taking their two dogs to parks, but avoid busy weekends. “It’s not the...
Education News Colorado
Commentary: Help tackling the Common Core
Source: Education News Colorado
May 14, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Faced with the not-so-user-friendly new state standards, a literacy coach offers suggestions to daunted teachers.
Change is challenging.
Transition between the old and familiar to a new and ambiguous unknown is tough.
Just ask a literacy teacher...
Commentary: The self-fulfilling nature of special ed
Source: Education News Colorado
May 14, 2012 - 12:16 pm
A doctoral student reflects back on her elementary school days and considers herself lucky not to have been labeled “special ed.”
There is a lot of research evidence that ability grouping does not work (Bandura, 1997; Grouping Kids by...
Rural districts get innovative on health
Source: Education News Colorado
May 14, 2012 - 12:30 am
The kids in Center, in Saguache County, were still drying out after last Monday’s rain turned their march through downtown to promote their anti-bullying campaign into a soggy slog. But it didn’t dampen their enthusiasm.
Merino High School students...
Monday Churn: The places they’ll go
Source: Education News Colorado
May 14, 2012 - 12:16 am
What’s churning:
Commencement ceremonies for Denver’s comprehensive high schools kick off tonight with George Washington High School graduates taking the stage at DU’s Ritchie Center at 7 p.m. North High School follows tomorrow at...
Commentary: Becca Bracy Knight podcast
Source: Education News Colorado
May 13, 2012 - 10:27 am
Here is this school year’s final podcast from the monthly Hot Lunch event presented by the Donnell-Kay and Piton foundations (both funders of Education News Colorado).
Becca Bracy Knight is is executive director of the Broad Center for the...
Fair Warning
Tuesday Briefing
Source: Fair Warning
May 15, 2012 - 8:36 am
Study links up to 5 percent of road crashes to tire problems. A report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that underinflation — meaning tires 25 percent below their rated pressure — was the most common tire...
Monday Briefing
Source: Fair Warning
May 14, 2012 - 8:58 am
Owner of quarantined raw milk dairy pledges quick return to normal operations. The pledge by Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures, near Fresno, Calif., followed Thursday’s announcement by state authorities of a recall and quarantine of the dairy...
Friday Briefing
Source: Fair Warning
May 11, 2012 - 8:34 am
Asbestos litigation booms. Experts say that, half a century after the first lawsuits over illnesses linked to asbestos exposure and 40 years after regulation curtailed use of the insulating and fire-resistant mineral, scads of cases are being filed...
Obama Administration Heeds Industry Call to Ease Rail Safety Rules
Source: Fair Warning
May 10, 2012 - 12:14 pm
Aftermath of Chatsworth rail disaster, Sept. 12, 2008. (Kelly B. Huston)
The Obama administration announced today that it will scale back federal rail safety rules spurred by a Southern California train wreck in 2008 that killed 25 people and hurt...
Wednesday Briefing
Source: Fair Warning
May 9, 2012 - 12:05 am
Industry-funded foundation that downplayed risks of narcotic painkillers shuts down. The closing of the American Pain Foundation comes as the U.S. Senate Finance Committee is launching an investigation into the makers of opioid painkillers and the...
Health News Florida
Chamber of Commerce should be ashamed
Source: Health News Florida
May 15, 2012 - 6:25 am
For decades, the Chamber of Commerce has called for stepped-up efforts to restrain health-care inflation, saying it hurts U.S. competitiveness and keeps businesses from hiring.
But now, the Chamber is paying millions of dollars to blanket our state...
FL Medicaid pay for doctors could soar
Source: Health News Florida
May 10, 2012 - 8:48 am
Florida doctors who treat Medicaid patients are paid a pittance – less than it costs to cover their overhead. But they will have more incentive to treat the poor as of Jan. 1, assuming the Affordable Care Act is still in force.
A provision...
Medicaid doctors’ pay could soar
Source: Health News Florida
May 10, 2012 - 7:41 am
Florida doctors who treat Medicaid patients are paid a pittance – less than it costs to cover their overhead. But they will have more incentive to treat the poor as of Jan. 1, assuming the Affordable Care Act is still in force.
A provision in...
Risky business in the massage room
Source: Health News Florida
May 10, 2012 - 6:49 am
Just when you think it’s safe to read health news again, you get these stories ...
Actor John Travolta is accused by not one but two massage therapists of inappropriate sexual conduct while getting massages. I don’t know what happened...
How efficient is your hospital? In FL, not very
Source: Health News Florida
May 10, 2012 - 6:14 am
Medicare may not be getting its money's worth at most hospitals in Florida, judging by a new analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data by Kaiser Health News.
An interactive chart lists the average spending per...
InvestigateNY
Disabled Can Teach Cops, Hospitals How to Deal
Source: InvestigateNY
May 11, 2012 - 2:03 pm
By: Charles Archer
It’s not hard to find stories about police or medical institution staff who brutalize people with disabilities. Unfortunately, a failure to understand a person with a disability can be fatal to them.
There was...
Fear of School Closure Is Personal for This Principal
Source: InvestigateNY
May 9, 2012 - 4:53 pm
By: Darren Sands
On a recent weekday morning, Bernard Gassaway, principal of Boys and Girls High School, bounced casually down the stairs while giving a tour of the building to a new guidance counselor. As the tour was coming to a close...
Half of Recovery Jobs Offer Low Wages. So Raise Them!
Source: InvestigateNY
April 25, 2012 - 8:20 am
By: Michelle Holder
Every few years the public discourse once again turns its attention to the issue of raising the minimum wage. This is not surprising, because every few years it becomes clear that the federal minimum wage has not gone...
For Some Landlords, It Ain’t Easy Going Green
Source: InvestigateNY
April 23, 2012 - 6:45 am
By: Patrick Arden
At the bottom of a hill on 168th Street is the old Morrisania Hospital, an elegant yellow-brick structure surrounded by apartment blocks in the South Bronx. The city abandoned the building during the fiscal crisis of...
InvestigateWest
Interview: Dr. Michael Copass
Source: InvestigateWest
May 14, 2012 - 2:04 pm
Dr. Michael Copass, medical director of Medic One(InvestigateWest/Medic One Foundation)
Dr. Michael Copass, whose famously crusty persona and exacting standards in the emergency room inspired equal parts dread and admiration among generations of...
U.S. Senate to Investigate Financial Ties of Pain Experts
Source: InvestigateWest
May 9, 2012 - 11:03 am
The Senate Finance Committee has launched an inquiry into financial ties between producers of prescription painkillers and the doctors and patient advocacy groups that help to set guidelines for drug use, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The...
Investigators to take new look at health effects of Duwamish cleanup
Source: InvestigateWest
April 26, 2012 - 9:30 am
A view of downtown Seattle over the Duwamish WaterwayPaul Joseph Brown/InvestigateWest
Before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency submits its proposed cleanup plan for the Duwamish River Superfund site later this year, community health...
Emmy Nomination for Katie Campbell, "Where there's smoke"
Source: InvestigateWest
April 24, 2012 - 12:58 am
Congratulations to KCTS 9's Katie Campbell, who on Friday got an Emmy nomination in the video journalist category from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Science.
Katie was nominated for her work on "Where There's...
Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University
Investigating Power
Source: Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University
April 24, 2012 - 5:00 pm
Since 1950, independent journalists have fearlessly reported abuses of power, such as the anti-Communist demagoguery of Sen. Joseph McCarthy; the institutionalized racism and injustice in the South; and the gross misrepresentations and civilian...
Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
Degrees and Jobs Out of College Don’t Always Agree
Source: Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
May 10, 2012 - 11:00 pm
“Exhaustive, expensive, and occasionally humiliating” is how Hannah Kane, 22, described job hunting after graduating from the University of Iowa in May 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in cinema.
GEICO in Coralville refused to hire...
Obama in Iowa City
Source: Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
April 25, 2012 - 11:16 am
With student Stafford loan interest rates on the verge of doubling, President Barack Obama entered the University of Iowa’s Field House today and urged students to appeal to Congress to extend the rate freeze before it jumps to 6.8 percent in July....
Cancer-Causing Radon Escapes from Legislative Attention
Source: Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
April 21, 2012 - 12:04 pm
Radon, typically found in the basement of a house, kills 400 Iowans a year, but the state health department cannot carry out a state law designed to help protect residents from the deadly gas because it doesn’t have any staff to do so....
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
“Got Rights Project” Seeks to Inform LGBT Students of Legal Rights
Source: Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
May 15, 2012 - 6:22 am
This month, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) have partnered to launch the “Got Rights Project,” to inform Massachusetts youth about their legal rights...
A.S, Age 19, Betty K. Marler Youth Child Care Center, Denver, Colorado
Source: Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
May 15, 2012 - 3:00 am
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California Could Become First State to Ban Homosexual Conversion Therapy for Teens
Source: Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
May 14, 2012 - 12:23 pm
If passed, a California law will make it the first state in the nation to ban controversial therapy aimed at turning gay and lesbian teens straight.
State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), sponsor of the bill, said the so-called reparative therapy wrongly...
California Could Become First State to Ban Homosexual Conversion Therapy for Teens
Source: Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
May 14, 2012 - 12:23 pm
If passed, a California law will make it the first state in the nation to ban controversial therapy aimed at turning gay and lesbian teens straight.
State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), sponsor of the bill, said the so-called reparative therapy wrongly...
Budget Cuts Could Leave 22 Million Children Without Food Stamps
Source: Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
May 14, 2012 - 11:00 am
Some 22 million children who depend on the federal nutrition assistance program that replaced food stamps could lose their benefits under a 2013 budget resolution recently approved by the House Agricultural Committee. The budget, approved in April,...
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
Loss of moderates like Snowe means DC stalemates more likely
Source: Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
May 1, 2012 - 3:00 am
The number of political moderates in the U.S. Senate is dwindling, and the departure of Senator Olympia Snowe, who is not seeking reelection, could further reduce their ranks.
Senate moderates, those who do not follow a strict party line, have...
MinnPost.com
Even as the Blue Dogs decline, Rep. Collin Peterson sees an opening
Source: MinnPost.com
May 15, 2012 - 6:14 am
WASHINGTON — Republicans have seen, in rather high-profile fashion, the thinning of the ranks of their party’s moderates (think of U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar’s defeat in last week’s Indiana primary), but they’re not the only ones.
The Blue Dog Coalition...
Farming programs help immigrants get out of poverty
Source: MinnPost.com
May 11, 2012 - 8:10 am
He was born in mountainous Cambodia and dreamed of owning a farm. She was born to the far-reaching plains of the Midwest and flourished in an urban setting of coffee shops and poetry readings.
Now, immigrant Proeun and Amy Doeun are married, have...
Who are the passionate voters in 2012?
Source: MinnPost.com
May 11, 2012 - 7:35 am
Passionate voters carried Barack Obama into the White House in 2008 and gave Minnesota Republicans control of the Legislature in 2010, but some of the voters who made those historic choices are having second thoughts about the 2012 election.
Many...
Checking in on Obama's same-sex marriage 'evolution'
Source: MinnPost.com
May 9, 2012 - 8:19 am
There's something annoying and a tad obnoxious about President Obama's "evolving" non-position on same-sex marriage. Later today, he may clarify.
In 2008, candidate Obama ran as someone who favored civil unions but not marriage for gays and lesbians...
Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'
Source: MinnPost.com
May 4, 2012 - 6:26 am
As a rule, Sister Brigid McDonald tries not to pay too much attention to papal pronouncements, but Pope Benedict XVI’s recent decision to rein in American nuns, found by a Vatican investigation to harbor “radical feminist themes incompatible with...
National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
Deteriorating combat ship raises questions
Source: National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
May 16, 2012 - 9:40 am
Mike Fabey of Aviation Week was afforded an authorized, guided tour of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1), USS Freedom, that appears to be in no shape to sail. Despite Navy and contractor claims to the contrary - the ship is a rusty, rotting mess in...
Meet with a literary agent at the IRE Conference
Source: National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
May 14, 2012 - 7:50 am
Pitch your book to a literary agent at the IRE Conference next month. Four leading agents from New York City and Boston are participating in a panel, "What are They Looking For? Inside Tips on Getting a Book or Movie Deal." Some of them are then...
Credit-reporting agencies fail to correct mistakes
Source: National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
May 14, 2012 - 7:50 am
"Mistakes on credit reports can inflict widespread damage. And because there are insufficient rules on how credit-reporting agencies must correct them, Americans are left virtually powerless to erase the mistakes."
Jill Riepenhoff and Mike Wagner of...
Police memos lead to state ethics investigation
Source: National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
May 11, 2012 - 6:55 am
“An 8 News investigation uncovers Petersburg, Virginia police department memos threatening officer’s jobs if they speak with defense attorneys, the officers are also ordered to ensure successful prosecutions and seek victory in their...
1930's deal still costing Louisiana millions
Source: National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
May 9, 2012 - 2:25 pm
WVUE-TV spent two years digging through tens of thousands of pages of documents that uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in oil leases still being paid to descendants of late Governor Huey Long, Louisiana's governor is 1934.
WVUE-TV...
New America Media
Battling the Stigma of HIV in the API Community
Source: New America Media
May 15, 2012 - 4:55 am
SAN FRANCISCO -- Seventeen years ago, Henry Ocampo did not think he would make it past his 25th birthday. A fresh graduate from the University of California, Davis, the young Filipino American was the pride and joy of his family.
None of them knew...
Graduating College Student Speaks: I've Made a Huge Mistake
Source: New America Media
May 15, 2012 - 1:25 am
SAN FRANCISCO--As the temperatures begin to rise and summer descends on the city, another class is set to walk across the stage and into graduation. But what really waits for us after we cross that stage and remove the cap and gown? According to the...
Miami Media Roundtable on School Reform
Source: New America Media
May 14, 2012 - 5:31 pm
At Miami Dade College, which also served as the host for the concluding symposium, Lenore Rodicio, Executive Director of MDC3 Student Success and Completion Initiatives, captured part of the disconnect between the expectations of parents in the NAM...
Questions Surround 49 Bodies Found on U.S.-Mexico Border
Source: New America Media
May 14, 2012 - 3:59 pm
On Sunday, Mexican police found 49 mutilated bodies, believed by some to be migrants, on a road that connects the industrial city of Monterrey with the United States border.
The corpses had their hands, heads, and feet chopped off, making them...
Brewer Signs Bill that Risks Women’s Access to Health Care
Source: New America Media
May 14, 2012 - 3:55 pm
PHOENIX – Last week, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law HB 2625, a bill that limits women’s access to contraception and health care. Under the law, women seeking reimbursement for birth control from their health insurance provider...
New Haven Independent
Crash Injures Motorcyclist
Source: New Haven Independent
May 14, 2012 - 4:42 pm
Upper Whalley.
It didn’t appear to be the motorcyclist’s fault, according to top Westville cop Lt. Marty Tchakirides.
Police closed off Whalley at Davis and Anthony streets around 6 p.m. because of the collision.
The cyclist was driving...
Mayor Enters New Urbanist Lion’s Den
Source: New Haven Independent
May 14, 2012 - 2:42 pm
It fills in a failed urban renewal highway. Does that make it “new urbanism”?
That question has hovered above New Haven’s biggest development project in a generation, Downtown Crossing. Another way of asking the question: Is New...
Kind Of Neutral, For Now
Source: New Haven Independent
May 14, 2012 - 1:11 pm
In city visit, Lieberman praises, but doesn’t yet endorse, his pal Chris Shays.
Lieberman said that Friday during a stop in New Haven. He was asked if he supports Republican Shays’ bid to become Connecticut’s next U.S. senator...
“Silicon Forest” Offers Clues
Source: New Haven Independent
May 14, 2012 - 11:00 am
For creating smart jobs.
The results could have the power to transform a wide swath of society. One former tenant is building a business around a small kit for kidney dialysis that would allow a patient to take the lifesaving treatment at home. A...
This Deck Was Legit. Now It’s Not
Source: New Haven Independent
May 14, 2012 - 6:47 am
With neighbors up in arms about late-night noise and Cinco de Mayo drink specials, the city’s zoning board decided a long-time social club has to stop using its new outdoor deck—even though it had been built with city permission.
Over a...
Oakland Local
For Transgender Youth, Oakland Murder Hits Close to Home
Source: Oakland Local
May 15, 2012 - 7:43 am
Question & Answer,
Jessica Arevalo, Q&A with Vanessa Rochelle
Oakland police are currently investigating the April 29 fatal
shooting of Brandy Martell, a 37-year-old African-American transgender
woman. Friends and community...
Actual Cafe brings community-centered approach to new venture
Source: Oakland Local
May 14, 2012 - 7:04 am
When Actual Café opened two-and-a-half years ago on a barren strip of San Pablo Avenue near Alcatraz Avenue, owner Sal Bednarz tapped into a neighborhood need more profound than lattes and quality bites - a sense of community.
Bednarz is now ...
Oakland English teacher encourages students at Castlemont to 'Write to Live'
Source: Oakland Local
May 14, 2012 - 7:01 am
In a neighborhood with no bookstores, one teacher has helped her students to become published authors.
My mouth is on mute.Let my hands do the talkingEven though I don't like writingMy voice is still walking
~ Curtis
Entering the classroom,...
Social media spreading information, views about political action around Alan Blueford's death
Source: Oakland Local
May 13, 2012 - 7:31 pm
If you are following the outcry around the police shooting and death of an Oakland high school senior named Adam Blueford, you're probably getting most of your information from social media. Organizers rallying around the family, Occupy...
The laughs return to Oakland during the 2012 Black Comedy Competition
Source: Oakland Local
May 12, 2012 - 7:08 am
By Debi Mason
It is that time of
year again - the 2012 Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival is back and bringing together more than 60 of the
funniest funny people from across the country.
Since 2002, the
BABCCF has produced one of the...
OpenSecrets.org
Ron Paul's Unorthodox Fundraising
Source: OpenSecrets.org
May 15, 2012 - 9:26 am
Ron Paul's announcement Monday effectively ending his presidential bid brought the end of a quiet campaign that nevertheless raised more money -- $36.7 million as of March 31-- than that of any Republican candidate other than Mitt Romney.
About 45...
Obama Bundlers Include Many Who Are LGBT
Source: OpenSecrets.org
May 14, 2012 - 2:08 pm
Ticket sales for tonight's gala fundraiser hosted by Ricky Martin at New York's Rubin Museum of Art were selling fine before last week, but there were still a fair number left.
Then on Monday, Obama announced his support for gay marriage. The...
OpenSecrets Blog's PolitiQuizz: Attack of the 'Death Star'
Source: OpenSecrets.org
May 14, 2012 - 12:45 pm
It's election season. For politicians, that means two things: campaigning and fundraising. But for most Americans, it only means one: ads, ads, ads.
And in this, the first presidential election since Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission...
Super PAC Spending Teeters at $100 Million Mark
Source: OpenSecrets.org
May 10, 2012 - 2:08 pm
Expenditures by super PACs were expected to hit the $100 million mark today, further proof that outside spending will far outstrip anything seen in previous election cycles.
Here's one way to look at how much more is being spent in the 2012 cycle:...
Will Gay Marriage Endorsement Mean Campaign Dollars for Obama?
Source: OpenSecrets.org
May 9, 2012 - 2:41 pm
This afternoon President Obama endorsed the concept of same-sex marriage, definitively stating his views for the first time in office.
The impact on his campaign coffers won't be seen for weeks. Some gay rights activists had vowed not to donate to...
Philadelphia Public School Notebook
Student activist wins Gates scholarship
Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
May 14, 2012 - 11:22 am
When Bach Tong, a senior at Science Leadership Academy, discovered a big envelope addressed to him with no return label, he nervously opened it to find that he had been named a 2012 Gates Millennium Scholar.
“It was all so surreal and shocking...
SRC approves five more charter renewals
Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
May 11, 2012 - 11:30 am
The School Reform Commission Friday renewed five charter schools and delayed voting on one other.
All of the approved charters made enrollment agreements; four of them are authorized to expand.
The renewed charters are:
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Masch to leave district
Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
May 10, 2012 - 7:56 pm
Michael Masch, the District's former chief financial officer, will leave the District at the end of May.
At a budget hearing in West Philadelphia on Tuesday night, School Reform Commission Chairman Pedro Ramos disclosed that Masch's last day would...
Enon meeting draws upwards of 2,000 people
Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
May 9, 2012 - 12:00 pm
After a long day at City Council, Pedro Ramos, Thomas Knudsen, and Penny Nixon sped to Northwest Philadelphia on Tuesday night to face about 2,500 people at the city's largest African American religious congregation, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church....
Council members question Ramos about seeking more state aid
Source: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
May 8, 2012 - 8:27 am
Evening update: A huge crowd turned out at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church on Cheltenham Avenue this evening for a forum about the District budget and transformation plan. Three top officials - Pedro Ramos, Thomas Knudsen, and Penny Nixon - responded...
ProPublica
N.Y. Congressman Will Reimburse Costs for $22,000 Taiwan trip
Source: ProPublica
May 11, 2012 - 1:32 pm
by Justin Elliott
Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., said today that he will personally
reimburse a Taiwan university for the $22,132 trip he took to the island with
his wife in December.
The announcement comes after ProPublica...
Lobbyists Arranged N.Y. Congressman’s $20,000 Trip To Taiwan
Source: ProPublica
May 10, 2012 - 6:00 pm
by Justin Elliott
Update May 11, 2012: Rep. Bill Owens announces he will reimburse costs for Taiwan trip.
Two days after Christmas last year, Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., and his wife, Jane, boarded a first-class flight to...
American Pain Foundation Shuts Down as Senators Launch Investigation of Prescription Narcotics
Source: ProPublica
May 8, 2012 - 7:57 pm
by Charles Ornstein
and Tracy Weber
A version of this story was published in The Washington Post.
As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of narcotic...
New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
Source: ProPublica
May 1, 2012 - 2:29 pm
by Abrahm Lustgarten
A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, concluding that fracking chemicals injected into the ground could migrate toward drinking water...
PublicSource
Will PA use vouchers and grants for higher education?
Source: PublicSource
May 8, 2012 - 7:36 am
no
Corbett and commission may be leaning that way
By Adam Smeltz | PublicSource | May 11, 2012
A battle is looming over the funding of higher education as Gov. Tom Corbett angles to limit direct appropriations for...
Advisory commission members
Source: PublicSource
May 8, 2012 - 7:35 am
Sidebar?
By Adam Smeltz | PublicSource | May 11, 2012
Gov. Tom Corbett announced in February the formation of an Advisory Commission on Postsecondary Education. He charged the 31-member group with developing long-term recommendations for...
A language shared by combat journalists and veterans
Source: PublicSource
April 21, 2012 - 9:01 pm
no
Coming Home PA
'I don't feel fulfilled back home'
By Jackie Spinner | PublicSource | April 22, 2012
We were an odd trio, sitting in a hipster lounge in Dupont Circle,...
'Stand your ground' law not yet used in W. PA
Source: PublicSource
April 19, 2012 - 2:19 pm
no
Some district attorneys say it could happen soon
By Halle Stockton | PublicSource | April 19, 2012
The shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida and the ensuing controversy could happen in Pennsylvania...
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Russia: Putin's Return as President
Source: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
May 14, 2012 - 8:58 am
Joshua Yaffa, for the Pulitzer Center, Moscow, Russia
The election victory of Vladimir Putin in March was meant to signal the end, or at least the transition, of Russia’s protest movement. Organizers talked of smaller and less frequent large-scale...
Sudan: The Lost Children of Nuba
Source: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
May 14, 2012 - 8:17 am
Trevor Snapp
Rose was in the middle of an English lesson at her school when the bombers arrived. Hearing the buzz of old Russian Antonov cargo planes, the students scurried outside, peering into the sky. At that moment, high above the children’s...
Bolivia: Sacred Lake Titicaca is Being Drowned by Pollution
Source: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
May 14, 2012 - 8:09 am
Sara Shahriari, Bolivia
Brown, rolling plains that seem to stretch on to eternity are suddenly broken by the brilliant blue of Lake Titicaca. The lake, which sits on the border between Peru and Bolivia, has supported indigenous farming and fishing...
Nairobi’s Garbage Dump Pits Pickers Against Neighbors
Source: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
May 14, 2012 - 7:27 am
David Conrad, Nairobi, Kenya
Weighted with two heavy sacks of discarded milk bags and meat bones slung across her back, a plastic bag of rotted cabbage in her hand, Rahab Ruguru walks through a smoky landscape of mountainous piles of burning waste,...
Ivory Coast: Ethnic Tensions Along Coastal Road
Source: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
May 9, 2012 - 11:07 am
Austin Merrill, for the Pulitzer Center
La côtiere—the coastal road. That’s what everyone calls it. But there’s never a view of the coast, and it’s not really much of a road. It heads west from Abidjan toward the Liberian border, and its two lanes...
I-News Network
I-News produces in-depth journalism that no other newsroom in the state can.
Source: I-News Network
May 1, 2012 - 2:08 pm
We’re a nonprofit news service, so we collaborate with the most respected news outlets in Colorado to deliver high-impact journalism to millions of Coloradans. Together, we’re filling the void in serious public-interest journalism, and...
“In Weld, immigrant victims get the message that…
Source: I-News Network
April 30, 2012 - 3:32 pm
“In Weld, immigrant victims get the message that it’s not safe to come forward and report crimes, and the result is everybody in Weld County is not safe.”
Deported woman seeks U-Visa
Source: I-News Network
April 30, 2012 - 3:30 pm
By Chris Casey, Greeley Tribune, and the I-News Network Video by Laressa Bachelor, photos by Deccio Lizzardy Serrano Maria Gaspar endured two years of beatings and threats from her boyfriend in Greeley, but she was reluctant to go to police because...
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
Softball team is runner-up in ECAC Div. III tournament
Source: Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
May 14, 2012 - 6:40 am
The Judges played valiantly, defeating Simmons College, 3-1, and Endicott College, 5-1, to force a decisive contest for the ECAC Division III New England softball crown. But Brandeis lost the final game to Endicott, 7-6, and finished the season with...
Andreas Teuber on the morality of being a Mel Gibson fan
Source: Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
May 13, 2012 - 9:40 am
Judges win one, lose one, advance in ECAC tourney
Source: Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
May 12, 2012 - 6:28 pm
Brandeis defeated fifth-seed Rivier College, 7-5, in their opener Saturday, but bowed to No. 3 seed Endicott, 6-1, later in the day. The Judges will take on No. 7 seed Simmons College at 11 a.m. Sunday in an elimination game. The winner of that...
First day of Summer School session one
Source: Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
May 11, 2012 - 6:06 am
Miller hurls 3-hitter; softball team advances, 7-1
Source: Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
May 10, 2012 - 7:43 am
The senior pitcher was a star, striking out 11 and driving in the game-winning run as Brandeis advanced in the ECAC Division III New England Softball Championship Tournament. The Judges now will face Rivier College at 10 a.m. Saturday on Marcus...
SF Public Press
Express bus eyed for Caltrain to mid-Market run
Source: SF Public Press
May 14, 2012 - 2:23 pm
UPDATE: The 83X Mid-Market Express was approved unanimously by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's board of directors. Service will begin on June 11, according to John Haley, transit director of operations.
Muni officials want to...
St Louis Beacon
Legislative session ends Friday: Here's what's passed and what's pending
Source: St Louis Beacon
May 15, 2012 - 10:22 am
The Missouri General Assembly’s session adjourns Friday. While the GOP-controlled legislature has passed some noteworthy pieces of legislation, other bills deemed priorities have stumbled. This list will be updated throughout the week to...
Nonprofit that helps white-collar unemployed will shut down in June
Source: St Louis Beacon
May 15, 2012 - 10:16 am
GO! Network, which has assisted more than 4,000 unemployed white-collar St. Louisans in the aftermath of the Great Recession, will shut down June 26 because of a lack of funding, the nonprofit’s executive director said Tuesday.
Roni...
Residents await opening of new housing in Sarah-Finney neighborhood on north side
Source: St Louis Beacon
May 15, 2012 - 9:06 am
Clifton Gates' last home was a mansion on Lindell Boulevard. But when he wanted to prove his street smarts, he'd remind people he'd grown up near Sarah and Finney on the north side. The boast was a reminder not to mess with a guy...
Missourians share spotlight in presidential contest, even if state might not
Source: St Louis Beacon
May 15, 2012 - 8:33 am
Even if Missouri continues not to be a battleground in the presidential contest, the state’s people are still playing a role – on both sides.
A now-defunct Kansas City steel company, GST Steel Corp., is featured in a new two-minute...
One year after Joplin tornado: People with disabilities must plan their own rescue
Source: St Louis Beacon
May 15, 2012 - 5:26 am
Had Shandie Reed of Joplin been alone in her house last May 22, it’s unlikely she'd be alive today.
But Reed’s father was there to go outside and see why the sirens were sounding. When he spotted the tornado in the distance, he...
The Crime Report
Private Prisons Don't Offer "Improved Experience" for Inmates, Staff: NCCD
Source: The Crime Report
May 15, 2012 - 7:15 am
"Private prisons do not provide a consistently improved experience for inmates or staff compared to public facilities, and, in many cases, theexperience can be worse," the National Council on Crime and Delinquency contends in a new report. NCCD said...
GAO: Most Byrne JAG Aid to Police, Prosecution, Little to Defense
Source: The Crime Report
May 15, 2012 - 5:41 am
Almost none of the money that the federal government provides to state and local governments for justice system improvements goes to helping to defend poor people, says a Government Accountability Office study quoted by The Constitution Project....
Ex-LAPD Detective Sentenced to 27 Years in Cold-Case Murder
Source: The Crime Report
May 14, 2012 - 6:31 am
Former LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus, 52, was sentenced Friday to 27 years to life in prison for murdering the wife of her former lover 26 years ago, reports the Huffington Post. She was found guilty in March of killing Sherri Rasmussen, a...
The Justice Department as ‘Change Agent’
Source: The Crime Report
May 14, 2012 - 1:41 am
Laurie Robinson is one of the nation’s most influential players, both in government and in academe, in criminal justice. Now a professor in the criminology program at George Mason University in northern Virginia, she recently left her...
"Grandma" Refuses Guilty Plea in Drug Case, Gets Life Without Parole
Source: The Crime Report
May 11, 2012 - 3:35 am
Three years after a jury convicted Houston grandmother Elisa Castillo in a conspiracy to smuggle at least a ton of cocaine on tour buses from Mexico to Houston, the 56-year-old first-time offender is locked up for life without parole,...
The Lens
Not so fast on superintendent, one peeved board member says
Source: The Lens
May 14, 2012 - 8:05 am
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer |
While Orleans Parish School Board President Thomas Robichaux has made his pick for the system’s interim superintendent clear, at least one board member disagrees and plans on offering other candidates....
Not so fast on interim school superintendent, says one board member who feels shut out
Source: The Lens
May 11, 2012 - 10:21 am
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer |
While Orleans Parish School Board President Thomas Robichaux has made his pick for the system’s interim superintendent clear, at least one board member disagrees and plans on offering other candidates....
Obama finally catches gay marriage trend lines – and Louisiana?
Source: The Lens
May 10, 2012 - 1:12 pm
A church group rallies for gay rights in Massachusetts. credit: Philocrites
By Mark Moseley, The Lens opinion writer |
Yesterday President Barack Obama publicly unveiled his now fully “evolved” belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to...
Obama catches gay marriage trend, but what about Louisiana?
Source: The Lens
May 10, 2012 - 10:38 am
Last week President Barack Obama publicly unveiled his now fully “evolved” belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. Media reports called his announcement a “watershed move.” I disagree. While Obama’s statement might be historic, it...
Union cries foul over firing of custodians
Source: The Lens
May 9, 2012 - 7:34 am
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer |
Former custodians at six of the Recovery School District’s direct-run schools say their former district-contracted employer fired them last week without just cause.
Custodians say representatives from...
Voice of San Diego
The Big Issues in La Jolla + Surrounding Environs: San Diego Explained
Source: Voice of San Diego
May 16, 2012 - 8:03 pm
Three challengers are campaigning this month to unseat District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner, who represents residents in the La Jolla, University City and Carmel Valley areas.
In this edition of San Diego Explained, we partner with NBC 7...
What Bob Filner Wants to Do for Schools
Source: Voice of San Diego
May 16, 2012 - 5:46 pm
With San Diego Unified School District in continued financial distress, the city's four major mayoral candidates have made K-12 education an issue in the campaign. The city has no direct control over the school system and current Mayor Jerry...
What Carl DeMaio Wants to Do for Schools
Source: Voice of San Diego
May 15, 2012 - 5:55 pm
With San Diego Unified School District in continued financial distress, the city's four major mayoral candidates have made K-12 education an issue in the campaign. The city has no direct control over the school system and current Mayor Jerry...
The Panic in City Schools + DeMaio's Money: VOSD Radio
Source: Voice of San Diego
May 15, 2012 - 3:21 pm
On the latest episode of VOSD Radio, we tackle the back-and-forth over whether the second-largest school district in California is broke and we examine what we can learn from how Carl DeMaio made his money.
Plus, we have a Fact Check of Bob Filner...
Home Prices Rise as Inventory Gets More Scarce
Source: Voice of San Diego
May 15, 2012 - 11:19 am
Back in March, I noted that housing supply had become very tight in San Diego, a situation that would pressure prices upward were it to continue. I cited the following graph to support my argument (please read the original article for a more in-...
VTDigger.org
Irene, lower power costs affect rates in opposite ways
Source: VTDigger.org
May 15, 2012 - 10:50 am
For Immediate Release:
May 15, 2012
Contact:
Steve Costello
Director of Public Affairs, CVPS
(802) 747-5427 (work)
(802) 742-3062 (pager)
Lower-than-expected power costs and Tropical Storm Irene will prompt a bill credit and small temporary rate...
Facebook representatives to speak at Senator Leahy Business Breakfast
Source: VTDigger.org
May 15, 2012 - 10:44 am
For immediate release
May 15, 2012
Contact:
Lisa Goodell
Communication Coordinator
Vermont Chamber of Commerce
802-262-0147
lgoodell@vtchamber.com
Learn how the social media site can boost your business
Burlington, Vt. – The Vermont Chamber Business...
Burlington bears its art: Bear sculptures to be unveiled at noon Wednesday
Source: VTDigger.org
May 15, 2012 - 9:54 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 15, 2012
Contact:
Genevieve M. Burnell
Director of Communications
Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
60 Main Street, Suite 100
Burlington, VT 05401
gen@vermont.org
(802) 863-3489 ext 209
BURLINGTON, VERMONT, May...
Attorney general sues companies that charged Vermonters’ phone bills
Source: VTDigger.org
May 15, 2012 - 9:44 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2012
CONTACT:
Elliot Burg
Assistant Attorney General
(802) 828-5507
The Office of Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell has filed suit against 13 companies and 13 individuals whom the Attorney General alleges were...
Welch bill to prevent Afghanistan from taxing U.S. aid coming to House floor tomorrow
Source: VTDigger.org
May 15, 2012 - 9:19 am
For immediate release
May 15, 2012
Contact:
Scott Coriell
Congressman Peter Welch
202.225.4115 (o)
202.689.5352 (c)
Welch bill to prevent Afghanistan from taxing U.S. aid coming to House floor tomorrow
WASHINGTON D.C. – A bill authored by Rep. Peter...
WyoFile
Group lists Hoback among ‘most endangered’ rivers
Source: WyoFile
May 15, 2012 - 6:40 am
Group lists Hoback among ‘most endangered’ rivers
The Hoback River in northwest Wyoming is one of the most endangered rivers in America due to proposed natural gas development, according to American Rivers. The group issued its annual...
Debate rages over the impact of federal regulations on drilling, jobs
Source: WyoFile
May 15, 2012 - 1:10 am
Reprinted with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. Not for republication by Wyoming media.
A day after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved a major new natural gas drilling project in Utah to the cheers of elected...
EPA gives heavily drilled Wyoming area three years to improve
Source: WyoFile
May 15, 2012 - 1:06 am
Reprinted with permission from Environment & Energy Publishing, LLC. Not for republication by Wyoming media.
U.S. EPA has determined that southwest Wyoming’s Upper Green River Basin no longer meets federal ground-level ozone...
What is all this frackin’ nonsense?
Source: WyoFile
May 15, 2012 - 1:01 am
What is all this frackin’ nonsense?
My introduction to hydraulic fracturing was relatively benign. As the floor hand on Chuck Eivtt’s workover rig in an old oil field south of LaBarge,Wyoming, I neither knew anything nor needed to. My dirty job,...
Dark Day Over Good Medicine
Source: WyoFile
May 11, 2012 - 4:00 am
Dark Day Over Good Medicine
Clouds roll over the hills adjacent to the Medicine Wheel in Bighorn National Forest. (Mary Gordon/WyoFile — click to enlarge)
