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Suing Arizona

The United States government has filed suit in an attempt to ban the state of Arizona from enforcing its controversial new immigration control law.

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Unemployment Benefits and Political Partisanship

Friday July 30, 2010

At a cost to taxpayers of $34 billion, Congress has extended federal unemployment benefits through the end of November 2010. Everybody who believes new jobs will abound and another extension won't be needed then, raise your hands. Republicans tried to block the last extension, which led President Obama to note that both Democratic and Republican presidents had never hesitated to "offer relief to the unemployed" when needed. "That was certainly the case under my predecessor, when Republican senators voted several times to extend emergency unemployment benefits," he said. Was he right? Were Republicans were more willing to support extending benefits under a Republican president? [Read the facts...]

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Big Fine Leads to Big Reward

Friday July 30, 2010

A Connecticut husband and wife who provided the government with information leading to the busting of a particularly profitable insider stock trading scheme, probably never imagined what they would get of it - a $1 million reward. Read more...

Feds Cracking Down on Career Colleges

Thursday July 29, 2010

The U.S. Department of Education has proposed new regulations intended to prevent for-profit career colleges from saddling their graduates with federal student loan debts they cannot pay in return for degrees they cannot use. Read more...

Judge Blocks Parts of Arizona Immigration Law

Wednesday July 28, 2010

A federal district judge has issued an injunction blocking the enforcement of key parts of Arizona's controversial state immigration law SB 0170. Read more...

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