Billion-dollar Florida transit plan promises light rail, but greenlights buses
By William Patrick | Florida Watchdog TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Pinellas County‘s 900,000 residents have the opportunity of a generation: for...
Month: January 2014
Public outcry ends New Orleans’ efforts to turn down the volume
By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org They came with their trumpets. With their trombones and their tubas, too. They came to...
Week In Review: PA unions fight controversial bills; Corbett previews budget
By PA Independent Staff This week brought talk about photo speed enforcement in Philadelphia, sharp debate over the way public-sector...
Week in Review: Whistle-blowers, farms and bikes
By Bre Payton | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau WEEK IN REVIEW: Skeptics aren't so sure about Arlington's bike expansion plan; transparency...
On Television: Heidi Heitkamp Should Be More Like Kevin Cramer
Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks I was on television last night - Chris Berg's 6:30 Point of...
Stop on red: Ohio courts rule against speed, traffic cameras
By Maggie Thurber | for Ohio Watchdog UNCONSTITUTIONAL: A second Ohio court has ruled red light cameras unconstitutional and a...
Christmann: EPA Picked Coal Emission Number So That Coal Plants Couldn't Meet It
I had Public Service Commissioner Randy Christmann, who is in his first term at the PSC since being elected last...
Is a gay-rights vote coming to Lincoln?
By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog LINCOLN, Neb. — Nearly two years after a gay rights ordinance was referred to...
Analysis: From the back corner, a solid speech that was mostly true
By Len Lazarick | Maryland Reporter From my usual corner at the back of the House of Delegates chamber, Maryland...
Mississippi craft brewers seek OK for on-site sales
By Geoff Pender | Clarion Ledger Mississippi's burgeoning craft brewing industry and beer distributors are at odds over brewers wanting...
