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Barbara Boxer says 400 richest taxpayers saw incomes grow by 400%, tax rates fall by 40%

By Louis Jacobson September 21, 2011

"Since 1995, the top 400 wealthiest families have seen their incomes go up 400 percent and their tax rates go down 40 percent."

Ethics budget cuts on par with Deal’s office

By Chris Joyner September 21, 2011

"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range…

Rick Perry says he never was for 2008 Wall Street rescue package

By W. Gardner Selby September 21, 2011

Says he did not support the October 2008 legislation to rescue Wall Street firms.

State Sen. Michael Skindell says oil, gas companies in Ohio have spent $1 billion plus on drilling leases

By Henry J. Gomez September 20, 2011

Says that  in the recent year homeowners across Ohio have signed mineral rights agreements "and I understand that over a billion dollars worth of leases…

Nancy Pelosi says jobs increased faster in 2010 than in eight years under Bush

By Louis Jacobson September 20, 2011

More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.

Oregon Labor Commissioner investigates 300 housing complaints a year?

By Janie Har September 20, 2011

Says "We do about 300 investigations a year into housing discrimination and in recent years have put about $150,000 of damages into the pockets of…

Could counties be “out of luck” if sales tax passes?

By Eric Stirgus September 20, 2011

"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."

Rachel Maddow said Social Security is keeping older Americans out of poverty

By Angie Drobnic Holan September 19, 2011

"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.

Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor says ‘Obamacare’ would require purchase of unnecessary insurance

By Tom Feran September 19, 2011

Says that even if you have no children, "under Obamacare, you would still have to carry insurance that covers pediatric, maternity and newborn care even…

Rev. Al Sharpton says Wisconsin Gov. Walker’s budget cuts led school district to cut milk from school kids’ snack time

September 19, 2011

One Wisconsin school district "is so worried about losing state funding that it has stopped giving milk to elementary school kids during snack time."

Tobacco group claims Ohio smoking ban led to major job losses

By Chris Joyner September 19, 2011

"An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."

New Jersey Sierra Club claims New Jersey loses “50 football fields of open space to development every day”

By Bill Wichert September 19, 2011

Says New Jersey is "losing 50 football fields of open space to development every day and the more we develop upstream the more flooding we…

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