Op-Ed: Hidden Influence-Peddling in Washington
May 20, 2013 6:00 pm-
Gun Lobby’s Money and Power Still Holds Sway Over CongressAn exhibitor with Smith & Wesson secures a .45 cal pistols at the display set up before the National Rifle...by iWatchNews on May 2, 2013 6:00 pm -
iWatch News’ Continued Investigation into Trillion-Dollar Offshore Tax Havensby Bill Buzenberg Our reporting of previously secret off-shore companies and trusts from the British Virgin Islands...by iWatchNews on April 14, 2013 4:00 pm -
Tea Party-Aligned S. Carolina Candidate Bankrolled by Kentucky Natural Gas ExecJ.W. Kinzer fueled Curtis Bostic’s surprising special election campaign, super PAC By Michael Beckel Natural...by iWatchNews on March 21, 2013 5:00 am
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EPA Delays New Coal Ash Rules-Residents Turn to the Courts for Relief
by By Kristen Lombardi iWatch News/The Center for Public Integrity Sabrina Mislevy is tired of the odors, the way they “hit” her as she drives by the blue-tinted lake, the way they burn her nose. Like many of her neighbors, Mislevy has grown weary of living near the nation’s largest coal ash pond, Little Blue Run, [...]
Report: Hundreds of Former SEC Employees Representing Clients Before Agency
UBS, JPMorgan Chase among prominent companies potentially benefiting by Dave Levinthal Hundreds of former Securities and Exchange Commission employees and officials are representing clients or employers before the agency, sometimes helping them score significant regulatory victories, according to a draft of a report scheduled for release today by the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog organization. From 2001 through 2010, [...]
Export Push Reframes Debate Over Fracking
Pennsylvanians Angry About Plans to Ship Gas Overseas by Alexandra Duszak, iWatch News When Pennsylvanians agreed to a massive increase in natural gas drilling in the state, they were told that the economic benefit would outweigh any potential risk to the environment. The drilling employs a controversial technology known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that backers [...]
Wendell Potter on the Illusory Promise of Free-Market Healthcare Miracles
by Wendell Potter for iWatch News While listening to the promises to repeal ObamaCare during the Republican National Convention, I was reminded of what those of us in the health insurance industry said when our friends in Congress were able to block passage of President Clinton’s health care reform legislation 18 years ago. Like the [...]
A North Carolina Student is Fired Up and Ready to Vote
Only to Encounter Obstacle After Obstacle By Kassondra Cloos iWatch News ELON, N.C. — With just a couple of weeks to go until the North Carolina primary, I was fired up and eager to vote. Amendment One was on the ballot. If passed, it would amend the state constitution to define marriage as one man and [...]
Pro-Romney super PAC donor part of Olympic scandal
Company provides luxury packages for games By Michael Beckel New Jersey-based Jet Set Sports is among the sponsors of the U.S. Olympic team. It could also be described as a corporate sponsor of Republican Mitt Romney’s candidacy. It’s a sponsorship that comes with some unwelcome baggage for Romney. Jet Set’s founder was a major player in [...]
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