by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
A geothermal energy company with a $98.5 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration for an alternative energy project in Nevada — which received hearty endorsements from Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — faces financial...
by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Nearly 10 percent of Pennsylvania’s registered voters do not have photo identification cards from the state transportation department and could be ineligible to vote in November under the state’s new Republican-backed voter ID law. The Pennsylvania Department of State...
by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
U.S. veterans looking for jobs have a new employment opportunity — in Canada, working on that country’s section of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Though the push to start building the Canada-to-Texas oil route has been delayed in the United States amid political and...
by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Consumers will pay a little more for coffee and chocolate to ensure the farmers who produce those foods get a fair wage, so why not ask them to pay more for milk? That is the notion behind a program designed to raise money for struggling New England dairy farms while...
by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Labor Department announced last week that the Obama administration will be providing nearly $2 million in grants to place women in “nontraditional occupations,” such as carpentry, welding, and masonry. “Apprenticeship programs are effective pipelines...
by Jane Richey | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), “little is known” about whether nearly three dozen federal jobs programs for the disabled are actually helping people find work, including programs designed to help disabled veterans. “Little is known about the...
