Wisconsin unions battle rages over public employee costs
James H. Smokey Shott notes the debate in Wisconsin where Governor Walker seeks limits on health and pension fringe benefits in public employee contracts to curb deficits. The column argues unions exaggerate tax-cut impacts while highlighting studies from the Cato Institute and Reason.com on public sector pay, benefits, job security, and budget effects.
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Wisconsin
Scott Walker
Walker
Cato Institute
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cato
Reason.com
U.S
Case In Point
Ohio
The
Tax Foundation
Buckeye
Bluefield Daily Telegraph People on the masthead
The article lists staff roles with Darryl Hudson as Publisher News Editor and Brian Woodson as Managing Editor along with Samantha Perry as Senior Editor and City Editor. It also quotes a biblical line attributed in the text.
Final phase completes Grundy Route 460 flood proofing project
The Virginia Department of Transportation awarded a 23.3 million dollar contract to Kanawha Stone Inc for the final phase of Route 460 widening in Grundy Virginia. Construction should start this spring and finish by summer 2013 widening the corridor from Grundy to Claypool Hill. The project includes a flood protection levee, elevated roadbed, and a new downtown shopping area, funded by federal and state dollars.
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Grundy
Claypool Hill
Tazewell County
Rick Boucher
VDOT
Michelle Earl
Route 615
Hoot Owl Road
Royal City
Town Hall
Earl
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Virginia
Letters Attack GOP Delusions Of Grandeur And Emperoritis
A reader argues that a mental and emotional condition called emperoritis afflicts recent GOP officeholders. The letter claims it fuels demands to override others and threatens Social Security and public benefits. The author urges stamping out the pseudo illness and stamping with both feet to resist perceived overreach.
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Bush
Public letters sought with signature and contact details
The Daily Telegraph invites readers to submit letters on public matters. Letters must include the writer’s signature address and phone number for consideration and may be sent by email to editor bdtonline.com.
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Daily Telegraph
First Lady ally in effort to slim waistlines sparks GOP debate
Dan K. Thomasson reports Huckabee defends Michelle Obama diet push as a national issue, praising her stance against obesity while Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels urges GOP openness to centrist voices. Both warn against overreliance on talk radio figures and stress broader public priorities.
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Ichelle Obama
Mike Huckabee
Arkansas
Obama
Huckabee
Christian Science
Rush Limbaugh
Laura Ingraham
Limbaugh
Indiana
Mitch Daniels
GOP
Republican Party
Rush
Glenn
Beck
Laura
Sean
Hannity
Daniels
White House
Far
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Dan K. Thomasson
Scripps Howard News Service
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