Government

What’s the beef? USDA toughens regulations

September 16, 2011 By Thomas Riggins

It is certainly a noble objective to want to save lives and prevent sickness, but unfortunately it conflicts with an even more noble objective of corporate America - namely making profits.

Tea party tries to stop hurricane cleanup

August 30, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Hurricane Irene is history, but the cleanup efforts and a new controversy over allocation of federal money remain.

Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county

July 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.

Labor-backed think tank: Job slump will continue

July 12, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

There's bad news for the nation's 14 million unemployed: Two top experts at the Economic Policy Institute say the jobs slump will continue.

White House steps up campaign to “cut government waste”

June 13, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

President Obama signed an Executive Order initiating the Campaign to Cut Waste, ordering each department and agency to report regularly to Vice President Biden who will head a new task force on government accountability.