Entries for October 2013

This Halloween, the Chicago-based government watchdog group, Truth in Accounting, issued what its authors call a “haunting” report....

FULL TEXT: Mayor's Veto Message and Legal Opinion from County Attorney ....

The hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2013, at the State Capitol's Auditorium....

...at their moment of victory over the people they quietly admit to the key deceptions used to manufacture consent....

Obama called insurance plans that are getting canceled “substandard” and said people could actually keep those plans if insurers still offered them (which they can’t under the President’s health care law).....

From developments in China to politicians' pay....

Schoolland discusses the importance of economics education as a way to understand how the world works....

Early on the morning of Oct. 21, more than 250 soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion (CE), 130th Engineer Brigade and the 307th Engineer Battalion (C) (A), 20th Engineer Brigade gathered on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan....

This report provides a detailed and up-to-date lay of the land on teacher evaluation policies across the 50 states....

Students with disabilities:  Originally reported 73.4% graduation rate, revised to 60.1%....

Representative Bob McDermott filed a lawsuit today seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding the 1998 ballot issue pertaining to same-sex marriage....

Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim, Kouchi, Slom....

...people on both sides of the gay marriage debate say the current draft of Senate Bill 1, which would legalize same-sex ceremonies, infringes on religious liberty....

...Union of Operating Engineers cavorts with international crime syndicates, spends union dues illegally and intimidates dissenters with threats of violence....

Economists call the process "adverse selection" and warn that in its worst iteration it could lead to a "death spiral" of falling enrollment and climbing prices....

... raised taxes 13 times in 2013 ....

...under SB1 a child born to a woman will be legally taken from her if the biological father is married to another male....

The three firms will be invited to make presentations to the committee within the next two weeks....

Beneficiaries and other interested parties and organizations are encouraged to review the Draft Plan and submit comments no later than November 18, 2013....

...six different bills addressing religious freedom, parental rights, parentage assumptions tied to marriage, and whether the people will get a chance to vote on marriage via a constitutional amendment....