by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the same level as the previous week. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell from roughly 380,000 to 375,000. Applications for benefits...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With political bickering at a fever pitch and a budget dispute threatening government operations once again, nearly 400 people – among them deep-pocketed corporate leaders, the top lawmaker in Congress, and two former presidents – turned out for an event...
by Jane Richey | May 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Pennsylvania’s township officials are taking aim at unfunded mandates, which they say waste millions in tax dollars every year. Close to 4,000 local leaders attended the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ 90th Annual Educational Conference last...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From the Derrick: North Dakota oil drillers pumped 17.8 million barrels in March, with a daily average of 575,490 barrels, Assistant State Mineral Resources Director Bruce Hicks. That compares to 17.5 million in Alaska, though still far behind Texas. The state’s oil...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is a state-owned oil company, fully owned by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, and the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) performs the rights...
