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Bush Says Signs Economy Improving

8/30/2008 11:42:10 AM

Source: ABC 10 Miami (WPLG)

Healthy, wealthy and wise

8/30/2008 11:16:40 AM

Source: Business Standard

OPINION LINE EXTRA

8/30/2008 10:56:54 AM

Source: The Wichita Eagle

Chile's Central Bank Voted Unanimously to Raise Rate to 7.75% This Month

8/30/2008 10:32:54 AM

Source: Bloomberg

Budget Cuts Felt Throughout State Government

8/30/2008 10:06:49 AM

Source: Fox 5 Atlanta WAGA

Senate rejects budget on pary-line vote

8/30/2008 10:06:12 AM

Source: Redding Record Searchlight

Public Hearing Draws a Record Attendance

8/30/2008 9:48:29 AM

Source: Nashville Tennessean

Lawsuit Seeks To Change Slots Referendum Wording

8/30/2008 9:08:56 AM

Source: NBC 4 Washington (WRC)

Fayetteville volunteer running for Ward 4 City Council seat

8/30/2008 8:03:28 AM

Source: Northwest Arkansas Times

Japan's trade surplus falls 86.6 percent in July

8/28/2008 12:23:27 AM

Source: Yahoo! News

Blogs

Tax Cuts and Government Investment

8/30/2008 2:31:43 AM

Source: Economist's View

"Big Misconceptions about Small Business and Taxes"

8/29/2008 9:46:41 PM

Source: Economist's View

Print media reported McCain ad congratulating Obama, ignored McCain attacks on the same day

8/29/2008 5:08:29 PM

Source: Media Matters for America

Forbes Column: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction

8/29/2008 1:42:14 PM

Source: Sramana Mitra on Strategy

Obama Campaign Responds to Palin Pick

8/29/2008 12:56:35 PM

Source: Political Wire

Latest Articles

I've heard that story before

Politics and other mistakes
Each year, Governor John Baldacci announces his top priority in the next legislative session will be reducing the state income tax. (“Lack of political clout? What lack of political clout?”)
By AL DIAMON  |  August 20, 2008
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Crackpot court

Taking a shot at the Supreme Court’s recent gunplay
This past week’s Supreme Court ruling, invalidating Washington, DC’s handgun ban, demonstrates just how far afield “movement conservatism” has taken our country.
By EDITORIAL  |  July 02, 2008

Mixed reviews: A state budget for desperate times

Talking Politics
The budget consensus reached by Governor Carcieri and legislative leaders last week represents just another marker of Rhode Island’s ongoing dire straits.
By IAN DONNIS  |  June 25, 2008
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Taking from the poor

Democratic lawmakers show their Republican values
What values do Maine’s Democrats hold?
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  May 07, 2008
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Chafee for governor?

Running as an independent, he could thumb his nose at the worst of both parties
For now, Lincoln Chafee has the luxury of discussing his political future as a riddle wrapped up in an enigma.
By IAN DONNIS  |  April 10, 2008
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Shocker: RI GOP in disarray

A real two-party system requires an effective minority party
An internecine battle has broken out between the couple dozen or so people who claim to be members of the Rhode Island Republican Party.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  |  March 19, 2008

Jump to it

Politics and other mistakes
Tax reform is the Evel Knievel of political issues. It gives us the most pleasure when it crashes and burns.
By AL DIAMON  |  March 19, 2008
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Iraq: Five years later

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains the punishing cost of staying any longer
Five years later, President George Bush and his minions were wrong about the need to fight in Iraq, wrong about the way to fight in Iraq, and wrong about what the war in Iraq would ultimately cost.
By PETER KADZIS  |  March 12, 2008

Jackson's sweet dream

Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign
This article originally appeared in the March 4, 1988 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
By SCOT LEHIGH  |  March 07, 2008
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Tax break heaven

The rich get richer, the middle class picks up the tab, and the state goes broke. Here’s why.
As the economy sours, state taxes are bringing in less than expected.
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  February 20, 2008
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Corporate welfare state

A little change in the tax law with big consequences
In 2006, state lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to give away millions of tax dollars a year for decades to some of Maine’s biggest corporations.
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  February 20, 2008

Dressed up for the letdown

Politics and other mistakes
I needed to get this column spiffed up, so I headed for the metaphor closet.
By AL DIAMON  |  January 16, 2008

Committee of onions and failure

Politics and other mistakes
To help me decide on a topic for this week’s column, I assembled a blue-ribbon commission.
By AL DIAMON  |  January 02, 2008
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Everyone’s a neocon now

Looking back on state politics — and forward
In the eight years I’ve covered the State House for the Portland Phoenix, I’ve been struck by the depressingly constant themes.
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  December 21, 2007
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Conservative group lands Norquist for fundraiser

Talking politics
Grover Norquist is probably best known for saying, “My goal is to cut government in half in 25 years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”
By IAN DONNIS  |  November 19, 2007
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Carcieri goes for his cuts

The Governor on his cost-reduction plan, the casino threat, and more
Carcieri seems to find motivation in things like a handwritten note sent by an elderly telephone company retiree, exhorting him to cut state spending.
By IAN DONNIS  |  October 24, 2007
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This woman killed tax reform

In the lobby
“She pulled the plug,” says Taxation Committee chairman Joseph Perry.
By LANCE TAPLEY  |  July 11, 2007

Them vs. you vs. me

Politics and other mistakes
Many people believe the Maine Legislature is ineffective because it’s run by a bunch of idiots.
By AL DIAMON  |  July 11, 2007

Suspended animation

Politics and other mistakes
Cue the ominous music.
By AL DIAMON  |  July 02, 2007
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How screwed are we?

Elected officials and pundits offer their take on rhode island’s budget predicament
At a time when most state budgets are flush with surpluses, Rhode Island’s fiscal house remains in disrepair.
By IAN DONNIS  |  June 28, 2007
Audio

Unemployment Way Up in New York State

8/28/2008 12:52:55 PM

Source: WNYC New York Public Radio


Axel Merk Says Fund Buying Canadian Dollar, Swiss Franc

8/27/2008 6:06:39 PM

Source: Bloomberg On The Economy


Brusuelas Sees `Tension' in Fed on Inflation, Policy

8/27/2008 4:20:33 PM

Source: Bloomberg On The Economy


Greater Southeast Community Hospital Has Largest Delinquent Tax Bill in DC

8/27/2008 8:23:43 AM

Source: WAMU: Local News


Biden Plays Second Fiddle (And Attack Dog)

8/27/2008 6:45:32 AM

Source: NPR US News

Video

1992: Wounded incumbent fights multi-front political war

8/29/2008 3:32:39 PM

Source: MSNBC Video Nightly News


White House Cites 'Sunny Numbers'

8/28/2008 1:32:00 PM

Source: New York Times Video


Michelle Obama on economy

8/26/2008 5:23:04 PM

Source: CNN Video


Biden praises Michelle Obama

8/26/2008 5:22:31 PM

Source: CNN Video

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