Print Tom Steward Read Full Bio Womens' Lawsuit Aims to End Forced Unionization A little publicized federal court case being heard on Tuesday in US District Court in Minneapolis, however, takes the divisive issue away from state lawmakers and propels it to the national level, with the potential to end or embolden what some call compulsory unionization once and for all. 14 May 2012 Feds Spend $1 Billion to Get Kids to Walk and Bike to School Not so long ago, kids walked and biked to their neighborhood school as a matter of course. Now, there’s a federal government program that spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to prod students and parents to do what used to be second nature: bike and walk to school. 7 May 2012 Rural Electric Customers Pay Steep Price for Wind Power Mandate Taxpayers already pay a high price to subsidize wind energy through billions in federal grants, loan guarantees and tax credits that prop up the “windustry”. We now know the return on investment since 2009 is 10,000 lost wind industry jobs, according to the American Wind Energy Association. 18 Apr 2012 Minnesota Non-Profits Receive $440,000 to Oppose Keystone Pipeline Three Minnesota environmental non-profit advocacy groups have received nearly half a million dollars in out-of-state foundation funding to oppose the Keystone oil pipeline project, according to a Freedom Foundation of Minnesota analysis. The California funding to state groups comes as a surprise, since Keystone’s proposed route does not include Minnesota. 26 Mar 2012 Tanning Tax Takes a Toll as Dozens of Minnesota Salons Fold 10 Dec 2011 Empty Remodeled Minnesota Airport Lands Federal Grant, No Flights or Passengers 9 Nov 2011 Civil Liberties Group Sues City over Property Rights of Minnesotan Serving in Afghanistan 30 Oct 2011 Home Daycare Providers Organize Against Statewide Unionization Campaign 22 Jun 2011 Digital Divide Remains as Broadband Stimulus Spending Leads to Less Usage 16 Jun 2011 Companies, Unions and Governments Get Millions in Subsidies Under Stealth Provision in Health Care Law 5 Apr 2011 Previous 1 2 3 Next
Womens' Lawsuit Aims to End Forced Unionization A little publicized federal court case being heard on Tuesday in US District Court in Minneapolis, however, takes the divisive issue away from state lawmakers and propels it to the national level, with the potential to end or embolden what some call compulsory unionization once and for all. 14 May 2012
Feds Spend $1 Billion to Get Kids to Walk and Bike to School Not so long ago, kids walked and biked to their neighborhood school as a matter of course. Now, there’s a federal government program that spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to prod students and parents to do what used to be second nature: bike and walk to school. 7 May 2012
Rural Electric Customers Pay Steep Price for Wind Power Mandate Taxpayers already pay a high price to subsidize wind energy through billions in federal grants, loan guarantees and tax credits that prop up the “windustry”. We now know the return on investment since 2009 is 10,000 lost wind industry jobs, according to the American Wind Energy Association. 18 Apr 2012
Minnesota Non-Profits Receive $440,000 to Oppose Keystone Pipeline Three Minnesota environmental non-profit advocacy groups have received nearly half a million dollars in out-of-state foundation funding to oppose the Keystone oil pipeline project, according to a Freedom Foundation of Minnesota analysis. The California funding to state groups comes as a surprise, since Keystone’s proposed route does not include Minnesota. 26 Mar 2012
Civil Liberties Group Sues City over Property Rights of Minnesotan Serving in Afghanistan 30 Oct 2011
Companies, Unions and Governments Get Millions in Subsidies Under Stealth Provision in Health Care Law 5 Apr 2011
President Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy at National Defense University23 May 2013, 2:14 PM PDT
President Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy at National Defense University23 May 2013, 2:14 PM PDT