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Caller says Gov. Rick Scott cut funding for PBS

By Amy Sherman August 22, 2011

Says Gov. Rick Scott cut state funding for PBS.

Rick Perry says more and more scientists are questioning global warming

By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor August 22, 2011

Scientists are "questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change. … (It is) more and more being…

Rep. Sean Duffy says small banks will have to spend 2.2 million labor hours to comply with Dodd-Frank financial reform law

By Dave Umhoefer August 22, 2011

The Dodd-Frank financial-reform law’s hundreds of new rules will force small banks and credit unions to burn up "an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for…

Sen. Sherrod Brown says Wall Street hedge fund managers pay a lower tax rate than a typical sheet metal worker or a teacher

By Tom Feran August 22, 2011

Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in…

Transportation sales tax could be historic for wrong reason, Dalton mayor says

By Eric Stirgus August 22, 2011

The proposed transportation bill "could be the largest tax increase in Georgia history."

Gov. Chris Christie says since he introduced his first budget in March 2010, New Jersey has added 50,000 private-sector jobs

By Erin O'Neill August 21, 2011

"Since I introduced my budget -- first budget -- in March of 2010, we've created 50,000 new private-sector jobs for the people of this state."

Sheboygan Mayor Bob Ryan says no public official in Wisconsin has been removed from office for reasons other than malfeasance

August 21, 2011

Outside of recall elections, "there's never been a public official removed from office" in Wisconsin "for anything but malfeasance in office."

Assemblyman Gary Schaer claims hair stylists face more government regulations than foreclosure consultants

By Bill Wichert August 21, 2011

"Hair stylists are required to undergo more government scrutiny than foreclosure consultants."

Incoming economic development director says Providence’s port is the closest to Europe

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. August 21, 2011

Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port."

Arne Duncan says class sizes in Texas have grown massively

By W. Gardner Selby August 19, 2011

Says Texas schools have had "massive increases" in class sizes with Rick Perry as governor.

Jon Huntsman says more English speakers in China than United States

By John Gregg August 19, 2011

China is or soon will be "the largest English-speaking nation" in the world.

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