May 09, 2012
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.
Tags: coal, energy, EPA, Ohio
May 08, 2012
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.
Tags: District, government, open, records, School, Texas
May 08, 2012
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.
Tags: enterprise, Florida, integrity, jobs, Rick, Scott
May 06, 2012
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.
Tags: Constitution, DOMA, Domestic, Ohio, partners, Toledo
May 04, 2012
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 [...]
Tags: Accountability, census, Cleveland, Conference, crisis, employee, federal, Frank, GAO, government, Harvard, Keegan, Kennedy, Mossavar-Rahmani, municipal, National, NCPERS, Office, pension, public, Reserve, retirement, School, State, systems