http://www.ire.org/extraextra Extra! Extra! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/historic-budget-cuts-roughly-equal-to-2008-payroll-growth/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/historic-budget-cuts-roughly-equal-to-2008-payroll-growth/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:56:27 +0000 Meganm http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8272 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/historic-budget-cuts-roughly-equal-to-2008-payroll-growth/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/criminals-work-as-childcare-providers-in-wisconsin/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/criminals-work-as-childcare-providers-in-wisconsin/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:28:26 +0000 Meganm http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8225 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/criminals-work-as-childcare-providers-in-wisconsin/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/members-of-congress-benefit-from-farm-subsidies/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/members-of-congress-benefit-from-farm-subsidies/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:34:36 +0000 Meganm http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8184 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/members-of-congress-benefit-from-farm-subsidies/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/lobbyists-can-spend-unlimited-amounts-to-honor-lawmakers/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/lobbyists-can-spend-unlimited-amounts-to-honor-lawmakers/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:04:26 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8153 USA Today analysis shows lobbyists paid $35.8 million in 2008 to honor 534 current and former lawmakers, almost 250 other federal officials and more than 100 groups, many of which count lawmakers among their members. ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/lobbyists-can-spend-unlimited-amounts-to-honor-lawmakers/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/pentagon-billed-over-27-billion-to-unnamed-contractors/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/pentagon-billed-over-27-billion-to-unnamed-contractors/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:43:08 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8130 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/pentagon-billed-over-27-billion-to-unnamed-contractors/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/commerical-real-estate-losses-threaten-local-banks/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/commerical-real-estate-losses-threaten-local-banks/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 19:35:53 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8076 Commercial real-estate loans could generate losses of $100 billion by the end of next year at more than 900 small and midsize U.S. banks if the economy's woes deepen, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal." Maurice Tamman and David Enrich report that losses on commercial real-estate loans are much greater than loses related to home loans. ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/commerical-real-estate-losses-threaten-local-banks/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/handicapped-accessibility-a-problem-at-many-cta-stations/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/handicapped-accessibility-a-problem-at-many-cta-stations/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 17:02:11 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8061 41 percent of the stations designated fully accessible were not." ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/handicapped-accessibility-a-problem-at-many-cta-stations/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/vacant-homes-neighborhoods-plague-the-rust-belt/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/vacant-homes-neighborhoods-plague-the-rust-belt/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 15:45:06 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8035 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/vacant-homes-neighborhoods-plague-the-rust-belt/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/project-identifies-top-lenders-at-center-of-financial-meltdown/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/project-identifies-top-lenders-at-center-of-financial-meltdown/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 19:16:03 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=8013 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/project-identifies-top-lenders-at-center-of-financial-meltdown/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/airports-with-high-rates-of-bird-strikes-pinpointed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/airports-with-high-rates-of-bird-strikes-pinpointed/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:34:22 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=7951 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/airports-with-high-rates-of-bird-strikes-pinpointed/feed/