By Tom Blumer | Special to Ohio Watchdog The direct voter frustration with what the Obama administration and regulations issued by its Environmental Protection Agency are doing to West Virginia's coal industry seen in that state's primaryon Tuesday is surely also present in Ohio.

By Curt Olson l Texas Budget Source AUSTIN — Taxpayers and open government advocates should trust the recent challenge to an open records request involving El Paso Independent School District receives the harsh rebuke it deserves.

By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — In an election year where political campaigns are attempting to attract voters to their messages, Republicans and Democrats alike face increasing heat from an electorate all too familiar with the stigma of unemployment.

  By Maggie Thurber | Ohio Watchdog   The City of Toledo is considering legislation that would extend health insurance benefits to domestic partners (same and opposite sex) of all employees.

  By Frank Keegan | State Budget Solutions Municipal and state pensions are at least $4 trillion in the hole as the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems meets next week. Funds ended 2011 with the first year-over-year decline since 2009 after failing to make up for Great Recession losses. And three studies released last [...]