by Jane Richey | May 30, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $81.6 million for violating what the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) calls “environmental crimes,” concluding a decades-long investigation by the agency and the FBI. Wal-Mart settled with the EPA and the Justice Department in three...
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 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...
by Jane Richey | Apr 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Owners and managers of swimming pools at hotels, city recreation centers and public parks are scrambling to install mechanical chair lifts to comply with new federal requirements that all public pools be accessible to disabled swimmers. Some hotels fear the cost of...