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USA Today: Green Building Program a Burden on Taxpayers

USA Today: Green Building Program a Burden on Taxpayers

A USA Today examination of the popular Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program revealed the system’s vaulted green standards have negligible impact on a building’s environmental footprint while often making staggering tax breaks available to developers. In total, 13

by Capitol Confidential18 Nov 2012, 5:37 AM PST0

Google Goes to Bat for Net Neutrality, Again

Google Goes to Bat for Net Neutrality, Again

Google, along with other tech industry supporters of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations mandating net neutrality, is urging a federal court to side with the FCC in a suit brought by Internet service providers Verizon and MetroPCS. That suit, brought

by Capitol Confidential17 Nov 2012, 4:32 PM PST0

WHO Boots Media from Controversial Tobacco Meeting

WHO Boots Media from Controversial Tobacco Meeting

The World Health Organization (WHO) has shut the media out of a key meeting focused on global tobacco policies, according to information published in yesterday’s Chattanooga Free-Press.  According to Drew Johnson, author of an op-ed covering the matter, leaders of a

by Capitol Confidential15 Nov 2012, 5:47 AM PST0

IRS and Treasury Investigate Obama's SolarCity

IRS and Treasury Investigate Obama's SolarCity

News that SolarCity, another recipient of millions in government largess from the Obama Administration, would be issuing an IPO forced the disclosure that the IRS and the Treasury Department were now investigating the company, and others, for potential abuse of

by Capitol Confidential13 Nov 2012, 9:02 AM PST0

IL County Board Gives Initial Approval to Tax Hike

IL County Board Gives Initial Approval to Tax Hike

On Friday, the Cook County, Illinois, County Board gave its initial approval to at least one big tax hike included in the annual budget proposed by County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Last year, Preckwinkle pushed for tobacco tax increases in order to

by Capitol Confidential4 Nov 2012, 7:27 AM PST0

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