by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Ben Bernanke, speaking to a conference of financial and economics school teachers, said that too-big-to-fail banks were one example of the combination of government and market failures that can hurt the economy. “Finally, I’d mention the too-big-to-fail problem, which...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In 2011, Congress passed a law — the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 — which mandated that GAO assess the levels and types of participation of minority-owned, woman-owned, and disadvantaged firms in the construction and...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
. . . what happens when the grant money runs out? “Hagerstown, Maryland has received a $625,000 grant to hire five police officers as part of a Justice Department program to advance “community policing.” The money is supposed to cover the new officers’ salary...
by Jane Richey | Aug 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
From the Derrick: The Department of Environmental Protection has fined EXCO Resources (PA) LLC of Warrendale, Allegheny County, $47,500 for operating unpermitted residual waste transfer stations in Lycoming and Sullivan counties in 2011 and earlier this year, which...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Justice Department announced Monday that it has come to an agreement with Gibson Guitar Corp. that will resolve an investigation into whether the company used illegally harvested wood and ebony in its production process, a violation of the Lacey Act. Under the...
