http://www.ire.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/loopshole-in-hawaii%e2%80%99s-pay-to-play-law-exploited-by-donors http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/loopshole-in-hawaii%e2%80%99s-pay-to-play-law-exploited-by-donors#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:24:15 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9294 Honolulu Advertiser found that donors linked to city and state contractors are giving money to candidates for Hawaii's gubernatorial races.]]> http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/loopshole-in-hawaii%e2%80%99s-pay-to-play-law-exploited-by-donors/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/new-york-state-road-work-account-raided-little-left-for-repairs http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/new-york-state-road-work-account-raided-little-left-for-repairs#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:26:51 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9289 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/new-york-state-road-work-account-raided-little-left-for-repairs/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/u-s-government-funded-companies-doing-business-in-iran http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/u-s-government-funded-companies-doing-business-in-iran#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:27:48 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9286 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/u-s-government-funded-companies-doing-business-in-iran/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/parolees-clustered-in-a-handful-of-communities-in-utah http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/parolees-clustered-in-a-handful-of-communities-in-utah#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:06:20 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9283 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/parolees-clustered-in-a-handful-of-communities-in-utah/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/tracking-gang-activity-in-tennessee http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/tracking-gang-activity-in-tennessee#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:45:13 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9277 The Tennessean's three-part series on gangs reveals a growing problem across the state, particularly in suburbia and small towns. Law enforcement is overwhelmed and schools are ripe recruiting grounds in what's part of a national trend of gangs expanding their influence to areas outside the urban core to sell drugs.]]> http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/tracking-gang-activity-in-tennessee/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/unintended-acceleration-problems-not-just-limited-to-toyota http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/unintended-acceleration-problems-not-just-limited-to-toyota#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:14:59 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9271 unintended acceleration is not limited to Toyota. It is actually a problem found throughout the auto industry.]]> http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/unintended-acceleration-problems-not-just-limited-to-toyota/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/fish-oil-industry-stresses-chesapeake-bay http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/fish-oil-industry-stresses-chesapeake-bay#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:10:42 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9264 overfishing of menhaden, small silvery fish critical to the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia-based company Omega Protein uses these fish for their production of Omega-3 fish oil supplements as menhaden have a high concentration of this valuable oil.]]> http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/fish-oil-industry-stresses-chesapeake-bay/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/thousands-of-rape-kits-went-untested-in-memphis http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/thousands-of-rape-kits-went-untested-in-memphis#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:31:59 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9258 the failure of the Memphis Police Department to send thousands of rape kits off for testing leaving cases unsolved and potentially criminals on the street.]]> http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/thousands-of-rape-kits-went-untested-in-memphis/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/ire-news/important-details-for-car-2010-conference-attendees http://www.ire.org/ire-news/important-details-for-car-2010-conference-attendees#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:38:41 +0000 Stephanie http://www.ire.org/?p=934 http://data.nicar.org/node/3912. See this year’s schedule at http://data.nicar.org/conference/schedule/7. You don’t want to miss this conference!]]> http://www.ire.org/ire-news/important-details-for-car-2010-conference-attendees/feed 0 http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/payday-loan-industry-profits-fights-regulation http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/payday-loan-industry-profits-fights-regulation#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:11:28 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9253 an inside look at the tactics of the influential $42 billion-a-year payday lending industry, which is thriving from a surge in emergency loans to people struggling through the recession as it pours record sums into lobbying and campaigns.]]> http://www.ire.org/uncategorized/payday-loan-industry-profits-fights-regulation/feed 0