By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org In a ruling handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation’s top court found […]
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Public broadband agency blasted for bloated costs, conflicts of interest
By Yaël Ossowski / December 12, 2014 / Watchdog.org BLOATED: A recent report finds FirstNet has had millions in […]
Wyden: No more ‘back doors’ in Americans’ computers, phones
SNOOP: One Senator wants to stop the practice of requiring back doors into phones and computers, which would allow the […]
Illegal immigrants are going home in record numbers
GOING HOME: More illegal immigrants than ever are heading home. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org While opponents to President Obama’s […]
Obama’s immigration plan may be his only worthy act
By Yaël Ossowski / November 19, 2014 / Watchdog.org NOTHING TO SAY HERE: President Barack Obama listens during a […]
Net neutrality would boost FCC’s budget by upping fees
By Yaël Ossowski / November 19, 2014 / Watchdog.org With a name like Federal Communications Commission, one would expect […]
Obama issues credit card industry bailout by executive order
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org The credit card industry got a huge boost from President Obama last month when he signed […]
Philly schools to be ‘one-stop location’ for government handouts
LINE FORMS HERE: Philadelphia school systems could soon become the centers of government handouts. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Instead […]
Tom Steyer wants to ‘penalize people’ who add to ‘climate risk’
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Speaking in New York City last week, Wall Street billionaire Tom Steyer laid clear his […]
‘Risky Business’ billionaire bankers prop up federal carbon taxes
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Ramping up the focus on the economic consequences of global warming, the newly minted Risky […]
‘Nation of random enforcement’: Is America’s chief executive too powerful?
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org When President Barack Obama chooses to enforce select portions of federal law, is he playing the part of […]
The Vermont paradox: The taxpayer advocate is a state employee
By Yaël Ossowski | Vermont Watchdog With an office and desk housed within the Vermont Department of Taxes, Gloria Hobson is not your […]
Vermont wants to be first state to ban ‘predatory loans’ for pensioners
By Yaël Ossowski | Vermont Watchdog On the trail of scammers, Vermont aims to set up financial guard dogs to sniff out […]
The 10 state jobs you didn’t know your Vermont taxes covered
By Yaël Ossowski | Vermont Watchdog In keeping with Vermont Watchdog‘s mission of keeping state government accountable, a quick peek at […]
In VT, state psychiatrist makes $40,000 more than governor
By Yaël Ossowski | Vermont Watchdog All of the problems in Vermont seem bad enough to warrant paying big for mental health […]
Mad about government spying and snooping? Blame Reagan
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org American uproar over revelations of mass government spying has provoked a significant revision of the […]
New Hampshire marijuana vote pushes Vermont to New England ‘domino effect’
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org The dominoes are falling all across New England. The New Hampshire House of Representatives made history last week when […]
One Million Canadians to Cuba Every Year. Why Not US Citizens?
American Embargo Impedes the Means for Bottom-Up Change By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post (En Español) In the freezing slush […]
Vermont’s ‘welfare-to-work’ limits show early success
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Vermont last year began limiting how long its residents could receive welfare benefits. Six months […]
Vermont governor declares new ‘War on Drugs,’ but pumps up old bureaucracy
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org Vermont is knee-deep in a crisis of epic proportions, Gov. Peter Shumlin declared in his State of the […]