Illinois’ latest Obamacare targets: gold diggers and momma’s boys
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Just in time for Valentine's Day, Illinois' Obamacare peddlers are telling...
Month: February 2014
IL trys to tighten sex-offender law, but will it make people safer?
By Benjamin Yount | Illinois Watchdog SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois already bans sex offenders from handing out Halloween candy and...
ACLU decries KS police database as ‘tool for mass surveillance’
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: Privacy advocates say Kansas law enforcement should purge data collected by Automatic License Plate Readers if...
From The Left: The GOP Lies On Health Care Reform Have Real Life Consequences
Last week, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong chose to tell a company-wide conference call that two AOL employees who had "distressed babies" requiring...
Omaha Democrats have candidate for Congress: Ex-Republican Ashford
Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog OMAHA—One year after an unsuccessful run for mayor, State Sen. Brad Ashford is running again—this...
Pirsch ‘strongly considering’ run for AG now
By Deena Winter | Nebraska Watchdog LINCOLN, Neb. – Omaha Sen. Pete Pirsch said Wednesday he's strongly considering running for...
‘Shameless whores’: Erick Erickson explodes over media’s indifference to Obama’s overreach
By Brendan Bordelon | The Daily Caller Erick Erickson, editor-in-chief of RedState.com and no stranger to controversy, is clearly fed...
WI city shoots down restrictions on alcohol, tobacco ads
By Adam Tobias | Wisconsin Reporter LODI, Wis. — Score one for Lodi business owners and the First Amendment. BUSINESSES...
Group pushing higher minimum wage got grant after misleading Labor Dept.
By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org The U.S. Department of Labor handed over $275,000 in taxpayer-funded grants in 2009 to an...
Lawmakers to consider 20 percent raises for NE governor, other top officials
LAWMAKERS DECIDE: Nebraska lawmakers may decide soon whether the governor and other constitutional officers get a pay increase. (AP photo)...
