by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Deep-pocketed environmental groups are collecting millions of dollars from the federal agencies they regularly sue under a little-known federal law, and the government is not even keeping track of the payouts, according to two new studies. Under the Equal Access to...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The federal government, now in the process of “reforming” what happens inside hospitals, is also offering advice on how new hospitals should be built. On Tuesday, the Energy Department released the final installment of its four-part series on designing...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than a quarter of the nation’s roughly 7,100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas got 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia’s Democratic presidential primary. The inmate, Keith Judd, is serving time at the Federal Correctional...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Following a fire last year, Tombstone, Arizona, wanted to restore 24 mountain springs buried under 12 feet of mud. The Forest Service, however, has so far blocked the city’s ability to do so, unless it uses horses and hand tools on all but two of the springs....
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The House on Wednesday passed a reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, 330-93, despite strong resistance from conservative lawmakers. Not one Democrat opposed the bill, while 93 Republicans rejected it, including members of the GOP leadership team. The legislation...
