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Worker freedom fights to follow in 2016
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American workers are protected from mandatory labor union dues in 25 states, and the number is likely to increase in 2016.
Read More →Nanny State of the Week: City fines residents for chipped paint, mismatched curtains
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Meet the residents of Pagedale, Missouri, who have been fined and punished by city officials for uncut grass, mismatched curtains and chipped paint. The city could easily be called the Nanny State of the Year.
Read More →Abengoa contagion spreads to U.S. biofuel plants, causing layoffs and shutdowns
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Teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, renewable energy giant Abengoa has thrown the biofuels industry in the U.S. for a loop.
Read More →Kansas City Public Schools to sponsor first charter school
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The Missouri Board of Education this week unanimously approved the first charter school in the Kansas City public school district. The Kansas City Neighborhood Academy will take over an unused school building and in an inner city neighborhood. The school is expected to enroll 180 students next fall in grades K-2, expanding one grade per year until it […]
Read More →Three charts present drama of coal collapse
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The coal industry has been hit hard in recent years and a look at the stock market performance of three of its largest companies tells the story.
Read More →Bloomberg’s back, this time with TV ads attacking state AGs on EPA regulation
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Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has launched a $10 million campaign against attorneys general who oppose the Clean Power Plan.
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