Right-to-work laws not seen as employment-maker (Opinion) Joplin Independent ...In fact, the highest current unemployment in the country, Nevada, is 14.3%, and Nevada is what I call a “right-to-work-for-less state”...
Gingrich seeks bill allowing state bankruptcy to avert bailouts Pensions & Investments ...Move afoot to help states escape benefit obligations...
Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’ Barring Chinese Solar Panels New York Times ... The military appropriations law signed by President Obama on Friday contains a little-noticed “Buy American” provision for the Defense Department purchases of solar panels — a provision that is likely to dismay Chinese officials...
Small Leak Shuts Down Oil Pipeline in Alaska New York Times ... A small oil leak ...could lead to higher oil and gasoline prices in the short term and deliver a new blow to the reputation and fortunes of the British oil giant BP...
Deepening crisis traps America's have-nots (Opinion) The Telegraph ... The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis...
