Olympia Weekly – Week of January 24
A weekly look at what’s happening at the state capitol during the 2011 legislative session. This week we discuss the vote on the supplemental budget and the proposal to have a state-owned bank.
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OH: PolitiFact claim in Brown ad refuted by PolitiFact
Part 11 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction By Jon Cassidy | Ohio Watchdog Earlier this year, most news stories about the Ohio U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown and Ohio...
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TN: Haslam wants tougher rules for welfare abusers
By Andrea Zelinski | TNReport HASLAM: Watchdog investigation into welfare abuses is sparking bipartisan support for welfare reform. NASHVILLE — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam says the state should consider...
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OH: Reporter feeling heat for ‘bigots’ remark
By Jon Cassidy | Ohio Watchdog FOOD STAMP MAYOR: Adam Brannon, who was elected mayor of Bellefontaine right after graduation, was at the center of a local debate over entitlements. A reporter for the...
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By Stacy Martin | Oklahoma Watchdog OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite school spending increases during the past decade, Oklahoma ranks among the nation’s four the slowest states for closing student achievement...
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NM: Duran rules Garcia double-dipped, violated campaign finance laws
By Jim Scarantino | New Mexico Watchdog DURAN: The secretary of state referred to the New Mexico Watchdog investigation in her ruling against state Sen. Mary Jane Garcia. SANTA FE — An investigative...
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TN: Senate aide fired for doing political work on state time
By Trent Seibert | Watchdog.org YOU’RE FIRED! Derek Hummel was sent packing for helping a Democratic campaign on the clock. NASHVILLE — An aide to state Sen. Ophelia Ford was fired Tuesday in the wake...
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VA: Do editorial endorsements matter, or have readers turned the proverbial...
Newspaper editorial endorsements don’t have quite the sway they once enjoyed. But they still matter, media experts say. Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau ALEXANDRIA—Newspaper editorial...
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VA: Week in review — Candidates, voting controversies and tax preferences...
By Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau HEAD ON: That’s how Virginians are going to have to meet some pressing decisions in the coming weeks. ALEXANDRIA — With less than three weeks to go...
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FL: Rethinking newspaper endorsements in the digital age
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog FADED: Could newspapers’ falling readership mean less influential political endorsements? ST. PETERSBURG — In the last days before election time, the media...
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FL: PolitFact or Fiction: Double standard on the Mack Penny Plan
Part 12 of 17 in the series PolitiFact or Fiction By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — If a Senate candidate criticizes a plan to cut government spending, and exaggerates those cuts...
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SC: The Nerve gets state spending posted online
By Derek Legette | The Nerve SPENDING: The Nerve put pressure on the Department of Motor Vehicles to disclose how it spent millions in revenue. COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Department of Motor Vehicles...
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WI: Is the media an accomplice in mass shootings?
IN MOURNING: A Newtown, Conn., resident shows her support in a sign. (AP photo) By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON – Within a few hours after the first shots rang out at Sandy Hook...
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VA FOIA rules defy ‘common sense’
Delegate Mark Keam, D-Vienna, wants to expand access to Virginia Freedom of Information Act requests beyond just Virginia residents. By Kathryn Watson – Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau ALEXANDRIA, Va....
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Harassed photographer filing lawsuit against Miami-Dade
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — When private security guards working for the Metrorail system in Miami stopped photographer Carlos Miller last Sunday night for taking pictures, they had no...
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U.S. Supreme Court weighs Virginia’s public access laws
Supreme Court justices in Washington, D.C., will decide whether Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act is constitutional. By Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the...
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Feinstein wants to limit who can be a journalist
I’VE HAD IT UP TO HERE: U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., says citizen journalists and bloggers should not be covered by a federal shield law. By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org The most recent...
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Bloggers decry effort to limit protections for journalists’ sources
By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org HARRISBURG — A U.S. senator’s attempt to limit protections for bloggers and other non-traditional media types in a congressionally-crafted shield law has elicited anger and...
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Lawsuit continues against New Mexico PBS station
THE CASE CONTINUES: A controversial program that aired on the PBS station in Albuquerque in 2007 is still the the subject of a lawsuit in New Mexico state court. By Rob Nikolewski │ New Mexico Watchdog...
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‘Independent review’ of US spying policy not subject to open-records law
By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org A special committee ordered by President Obama to review the legality of the National Security Agency’s spying programs will not be subject to government transparency laws....
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NJ Watchdog wins New York Press Club award for investigative reports
For the second consecutive year, New Jersey Watchdog has won a New York Press Club award for political reporting. Investigative reporter Mark Lagerkvist will receive the prize for “Three Stooges of NJ...
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Ferguson officials charge inflated fees for access to public documents
NO SUNSHINE IN FERGUSON: Ferguson city officials are charging the press alarming fees for public documents related to the shooting of Michael Brown. By Brad Matthews | WatchdogWire.com In the face of...
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How will new Facebook identity policy affect journalists?
MISTAKEN IDENTITY: Should journalists be concerned about Facebook’s policy? By Michael Gold | WatchdogWire.com As journalists, we’d have to be living under a rock not to recognize the value of social...
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Colorado governor supports most tax votes, but refuses to release his own tax...
By Arthur Kane | Watchdog.org When you’re a millionaire, even giving to charity apparently is complicated. Watchdog.org has confirmed from two media outlets in Denver that Gov. John Hickenlooper did...
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Stimulus award to Denver Post’s $50K bike tour goes unreported
NO ACCOUNTING FOR AWARDS: The Denver Post’s inaugural 2012 “Pedal the Plains” bicycle tour may have received $50,000 in Stimulus funds from Gov. Hickenlooper, unreported by the paper. By Joshua Sharf |...
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