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Q & A: Your one-stop guide to the IRS tea-party 'scandal' [video chat]
It can be hard to figure out any Washington "scandal" without a scorecard, and harder when it involves an opaque agency such as the IRS. That's the case with one of the scandals du jour, which revolves around the IRS' scrutiny of political organizations...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Elections, Interior Policy, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Barack Obama
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Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, White House, Eric Holder, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013)
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Burbank employee raises to save city money via higher pension contributions
Roughly 100 Burbank employees are slated to receive raises this coming fiscal year after a city-commissioned survey showed their salaries were well below average when compared to those in a dozen other local cities, officials said. Officials say the move...Tags: Google Inc., Interior Policy, Health and Safety at Work, Politics
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PRESS DIGEST-Canada- May 15
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * British Columbians voted overwhelmingly to send the Liberal...Tags: International Energy, Corporate Officers, Interior Policy, Netflix Inc., United Nations
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Unions protest over potential sale of L.A. Times to Koch brothers
About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...
Tags: Scott Walker, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Oaktree Capital Management
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Rich nations' wealth gap widens as welfare cut -OECD
Reuters* Welfare spending vital to bridging growing wealth gap - OECD * Rich-poor divided widened quickly after financial crisis PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - A growing divide between rich and poor risks will yawn still wider if cash-strapped governments keep...Tags: Economic Inequality, Interior Policy, Finance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Economy, Business and Finance
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Washington Co. Commissioners agree to amend employee pensions, hire deputies
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comPrior to passing its proposed 2013-14 fiscal year budgets Tuesday, the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved two measures to amend its employee pension program and institute a funding mechanism to allow the Washington County Sheriff’s...Tags: Job Layoffs, Interior Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics
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France passes reform to ease hire-and-fire rules
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - The French parliament passed a landmark reform of the country's labor code on Tuesday, part of President Francois Hollande's efforts to convince European partners he is determined to revamp the euro zone's second largest economy....Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, European Union
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Don't demonize teachers
As the Illinois pension crisis has heated up, harsh and vitriolic blame for the mess has often been directed at Illinois’ public workers—especially teachers. The teachers have been labeled as intractable, lazy fat cats who manipulated...Tags: Earnings, Teachers, Interior Policy, Teaching and Learning, Education
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With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting
WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Elections, Interior Policy, White House, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Italy will not dismantle Monti's labor reform: minister
ReutersROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government will make few substantial changes to the much-criticized labor reform adopted last year by former premier Mario Monti, Industry and Welfare Minister Enrico Giovannini told parliament on Tuesday. The unpopular...Tags: Mario Monti, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Italy, Labor Legislation
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Israeli leader under fire for costly lifestyle, as government pushes budget cuts
Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saddled with an image of a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite. Now a new disclosure about his soaring spending on housekeeping, furniture, clothing and other...Tags: Personal Service, Los Angeles International Airport, Services and Shopping, Interior Policy, Benjamin Netanyahu
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