Corrupt Consumer Credit Scoring Exposed Economic Populist ...a new study ... shows 1 in 5 credit reports is chock full of errors. That's 20% of Americans with gross errors on their credit report with 10% of Americans having their credit score lowered as a result.
Home Prices Rise in 88% of U.S. Cities as Recovery Gains Bloomberg ...An improving job market and low interest rates are driving up prices by fueling demand for a tightening supply of listings. The national median price for an existing single-family home was $178,900 in the fourth quarter, up 10 percent from the same period last year...
China asks US to lift sanctions against defence firm The Economic Times ... The US today imposed sanctions on a Chinese defence firm, prompting a strong reaction from China which sought immediate lifting of the punitive action...
Bill to Limit Too-Big-to-Fail Risk Is Readied in U.S. House Bloomberg ...U.S. Representative John Campbell said he plans to offer legislation intended to shrink too-big- to-fail banks by requiring them to hold more capital including long-term debt...
Firefighters, teachers face smaller retirement safety net CNN Money ...While some of the changes and cutbacks impact current state workers and retirees, the most significant ones affect new hires....
Study Confirms Tea Party Created by Big Tobacco and Koch Brothers Huffington Post ...The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health, traces the roots of the Tea Party's anti-tax movement back to the early 1980s when tobacco companies began to invest in third party groups to fight excise taxes on cigarettes...
Seniors and Vets to Crash ‘Fix the Debt’ Party Hosted by Honeywell CEO The Nation ...They will demand that Cote, a spokesperson for Fix the Debt, answer the question: Why are you demanding that we reduce the deficit by cutting critical social programs, when your own company practices tax-dodging that has contributed millions to the national debt?...
Public money for private schools? ALEC strikes again Anchorage Daily News ...The notion of "school choice" isn't some brainstorm from Rep. Keller or his like-minded buddies in Juneau. This is another bit of robo-legislating brought to us by the Koch-brothers-funded American Legislative Exchange Council...
Ex-Florida GOP leader Jim Greer pleads guilty to grand theft TampaBayOnline ...The plea deal avoids would could have been an embarrassing trial for the state GOP. Some of Florida's most powerful politicians were scheduled as witnesses, including former Gov. Charlie Crist...
Michigan AFL-CIO files federal lawsuit seeking to stop right-to-work law Michigan Live ...The 8-count complaint alleges that Michigan's right-to-work law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution by allowing the state to levy civil and criminal penalties for behaviors regulated by the federal National Labor Relations Act and by purporting to apply to areas under federal jurisdiction, such as dock-yards and forts...
Right-to-work legislation offers freedom to freeload (opinion) St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...the freedom to freeload — that is, gain increased wages and other benefits negotiated by the union without paying for them...
Minimum wage inches closer to New Jersey 2013 ballot with Senate approval ballotnews.org ...On February 7, the New Jersey State Senate voted to approve a measure that would raise the minimum wage in the state by $1, sending it to the General Assembly. The General Assembly must approve the measure before it can be sent to the ballot. There, it will face the voters of the state...
Pension plan has Pa. state workers worried philly.com ...The pension reform package Gov. Corbett proposed last week to address the state's $41 billion pension debt leaves 386,000 state employees and teachers wondering how it would change their retirement income...
ACLU sues state over Capitol protest rules Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin sued Gov. Scott Walker's administration in federal court Monday to stop arrests of the daily protest singers in the state Capitol...
State lawmakers propose paid sick leave mandate SoMdNews.com ...Citing risks to public health and economic growth, Maryland lawmakers are proposing a mandatory standard by which workers can earn paid sick days...
Teamsters Alert Investors To TPG Capital's Risky Practices IBT ...Teamster members distributed educational materials to investors at the conference. Investors learned that since TPG took over NEXEO, several facilities – and the communities surrounding those facilities – have been endangered...
