Lipstick on a pig economic spin from June jobs report
The White House highlights 287 000 new June jobs with a higher labor force participation while noting a 9.6 percent U-6 rate and 62.7 percent participation. Analysts stress ongoing weakness from taxes regulation and credit limits, with small businesses bearing the burden and November elections seen as a chance for change. James H. Smokey Shott of Bluefield Virginia writes as a Daily Telegraph columnist.
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White House
May
Barack Obama
Paul Krugman
Obama
BLS
Jobs Creators Network
JCN
Alfredo Ortiz
National Federation of Independent Business
Juanita Duggan
CBS
60 Minutes
Ortiz
America
James H. “Smokey” Shott
Bluefield, Va
Daily Telegraph
Sports Editor and newsroom staff noted in Bluefield paper
A brief publisher Randy Mooney and editor Samantha Perry are listed along with Andy Patton and Charles Owens on the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead. The article opens with a biblical quote, suggesting a feature or opinion piece framing.
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Andy Patton
Charles Owens
Bluefield opens Bland Road police substation July 19
Bluefield plans a July 19 ribbon cutting for a new Bland Road police substation in the former Fire Station No. 2 at 1320 Bland Road. The facility will house the detective bureau and K-9 units and was funded entirely by local donations. Community leaders, business owners and residents are invited to attend at 10 a.m. The project expands city policing and supports safety along a gateway into downtown.
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Bluefield Police Department
Bland Road
Fire Department
Bluefield
Dennis Dillon
Dillow
Josh Cline
Public Works Department
Billy Hester
Gerald Steele
Dane Rideout
Rideout
Dillon
D.A. Pennington
Board of Directors
Ellen Light
Light
Daily Telegraph invites public letters with signature and contact details
The Daily Telegraph asks readers to send opinions on public issues. Letters must include the writer’s signature, address, and phone number to be considered for publication. Submissions may be emailed to editor@bdtonline.com or mailed to Letters to the Editor P.O. Box 1599 Bluefield West Virginia 24701.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
P.O. Box
Bluefield
W.va
FOIA at 50 confronts delays and secrecy in open records
Long view on the Freedom of Information Act marks its 50th anniversary, noting persistent flaws in federal oversight, outdated tech, and broad exemptions that delay or withhold data. The piece cites agency backlogs, misused exemptions, and calls for stronger enforcement and culture change. The authors, Nikita Lalwani and Sam Winter-Lowy, frame FOIA as pivotal yet imperfect.
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Harold Cross
Washington
U.S
Cross
U.S. Court of Appeals For
D.C
CIA
Bay of Pigs
Human Rights Watch
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE
State Department
Department of Justice
Office of Information Policy
Justice Department
OIP
Melanie Pustay
FOIA
Jason Chaffetz
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Pustay
La-La Land
Johnson
United States
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Smokey Shott
Brian Woodson
Randy Mooney
Samantha Perry
Woo
Nikita Lalwani
Foreign Affairs
Sam Winter- Lowy
Foreignairs
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