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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/lawyers-doctors-profiting-from-farm-subsidies-in-oklahoma/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/lawyers-doctors-profiting-from-farm-subsidies-in-oklahoma/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:00:18 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=7012 serious issues in farm subsidy dollars.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/lawyers-doctors-profiting-from-farm-subsidies-in-oklahoma/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/over-2000-voters-in-allen-county-ind-also-registered-in-florida/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/over-2000-voters-in-allen-county-ind-also-registered-in-florida/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:32:20 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6950 The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Ind. found that 2,172 voters in Indiana's Allen County had names and birthdates identical to those in Florida.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/over-2000-voters-in-allen-county-ind-also-registered-in-florida/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/deceased-voters-cast-ballots-in-harris-county-tex/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/deceased-voters-cast-ballots-in-harris-county-tex/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:27:29 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6926 matched information from Harris County, Tex. voter rolls to Social Security death data and found ballots had been cast in the names of dead people more than 40 times since 2004.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/deceased-voters-cast-ballots-in-harris-county-tex/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/large-firms-awarded-small-business-contracts-by-us-agencies/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/large-firms-awarded-small-business-contracts-by-us-agencies/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:41:05 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6924 U.S. government agencies made at least $5 billion in mistakes in their recent reports of contracts awarded to small businesses, with many claiming credit for awards to companies that long ago outgrew the designation or never qualified in the first place." ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/large-firms-awarded-small-business-contracts-by-us-agencies/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/campaigns-benefiting-from-large-donors/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/campaigns-benefiting-from-large-donors/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:47:21 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6920 The latest campaign finance disclosures point to a proliferation of large donors supporting candidates and their parties and much of that money is coming from donors with interests in Washington, according to a report by Michael Luo and Griff Palmer of The New York Times.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/campaigns-benefiting-from-large-donors/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/know-parking-here-series/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/know-parking-here-series/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:16:57 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6917 mapped parking ticket trends in Vancouver. ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/know-parking-here-series/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/lapd-paying-too-much-in-overtime/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/lapd-paying-too-much-in-overtime/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:10:26 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6914 Los Angeles Daily News reports that overtime pay for Los Angeles police officers has increased almost 150 percent in the past decade.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/lapd-paying-too-much-in-overtime/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/the-favor-factory-2008/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/the-favor-factory-2008/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:25:47 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6907 The Seattle Times shows that Congressional earmarks remain a problem despite efforts in ethics reform.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/the-favor-factory-2008/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/obama-campaign-slow-to-return-money-to-fictitious-donors/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/obama-campaign-slow-to-return-money-to-fictitious-donors/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:51:53 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6905 The New York Times report that nearly 3,000 donations to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign have been in the name of fake donors.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/obama-campaign-slow-to-return-money-to-fictitious-donors/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/texas-senators-play-loose-with-payroll-laws/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/texas-senators-play-loose-with-payroll-laws/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:43:22 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=6897 State senators may be violating a Texas Constitution ban on using taxpayer money for bonuses to government workers by approving temporary end-of-year raises to give staffers thousands of dollars in extra pay," reported Matt Stiles of the Houston Chronicle.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/texas-senators-play-loose-with-payroll-laws/feed/