30 July 2010, 12:39 pm
The HinduLosing faith in the Federal gov't on immigrationWashington Post (blog)B) As I've stated above the problem, imo, is not immigration at all, it is the economy. C) Rushing new rules to appease rightwing fearmongers will only ...Arizona: Clinton judge rules against immigration lawExamin... Read More »
30 July 2010, 9:21 am
Financial TimesLunch with the FT: Alan GreenspanFinancial TimesTwo, he argued at the time that a second round of cuts should be made conditional on how the economy and the public finances developed, which they were not. ...... Read More »
29 July 2010, 4:47 pm
California: A State of (Troubled) MindBig Hollywood (blog)So I went and looked up the suicide rate by states for 2009. Guess which states have the highest suicide rates? Wyoming 22.6/100000, Montana 20/100000, ...... Read More »
29 July 2010, 6:36 am
Evaluating the GOP gubernatorial jobs plansOrlando Sentinel (blog)Scott's plan sets the goal of rolling back the government to a point where its presence in the economy amounts to roughly 20 percent of the state's total ...and more »... Read More »
29 July 2010, 2:45 am
MLive.comBus tour begins Wyoming's quest: How to revive economic life on 28th Street?MLive.com"The problem here is we've got absentee owners who don't care so long as they're collecting rent." -- City Councilman Richard Pastoor on dilapidated rental ...... Read More »
28 July 2010, 8:45 am
What You Didn't Know About Social Security but Were Afraid to AskHuffington Post (blog)But the United States has never defaulted on its bonded debt. Today the problems of Social Security, as the trustees indicated are not grave. ...and more »... Read More »
27 July 2010, 2:20 pm
MyFox HoustonTexas ranks 48th in teen birth rateHouston ChronicleState leaders have asked agencies to suggest 10 percent cuts in their budgets, but Deviney said the Legislature could avoid cuts to programs such as mental ...Texas Size Failure: Children in Texas Among the Nation's Most Disadvanta... Read More »
27 July 2010, 1:57 pm
Kids Count Report gives Mississippi low marks for child well-beingWLBT-TVSix states with the biggest improvements in their rankings between 2000-2007 (health data) and 2000-2008 (economic data) are New York, Maryland, ...and more »... Read More »
20 July 2010, 4:52 pm
msnbc.comEPA takes new look at gas drilling, water issuesThe Associated PressThe $1.9 million study comes as the nation reels from the Deepwater Horizon environmental and economic disaster playing out in the Gulf of Mexico. ...Could shale deposits bring mid-Atlantic states $2 trillion?Christian Scie... Read More »
9 July 2010, 4:41 pm
Christian Science MonitorAs state governors meet, a scorecard on states' challengesChristian Science MonitorStates with the biggest revival in jobs, in percentage terms, include Indiana, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Texas, and states that are near the stimulus-money ...and more »... Read More »