Archive - Illinois
Kansas and Vermont Are the Latest Unemployment Insurance Debtors
Twenty-nine states plus the Virgin Islands are now borrowing money from the federal government to pay jobless benefits. Kansas and Vermont have joined the list, and increases in their employer taxes are not expected to solve their problems.
Your Bailout Update: $315 Billion in the Red
After shrinking for several months, the bailout's cost to taxpayers rose in February, thanks to another big investment in Fannie Mae. Taking into account revenue that the government has collected from recipients, the bailout's toll now stands at $315 billion.
Gov't Wrongly Labels Some Stimulus Recipients 'Losers'
The government has listed as "two-time losers" stimulus recipients who didn't file reports. But some of the listed "losers" did file the reports. The list is intended to embarrass the recipients of money who didn't do the paperwork.
No Matter What Happens, Paterson Gets His Pension
No matter what happens to Gov. David Paterson or any of his aides who have resigned or may resign, they will all still be entitled to their state pensions. The New York State Constitution has protected pensions for state employees since 1940, though there are moves to change that.
Feds Reassign Heads of Troubled Caregivers Database
ProPublica recently reported that a national database on dangerous health professionals was likely missing thousands of disciplinary cases. Now the management team overseeing the database has been removed.
Follow up: The Faux Census Surveys You Received
We recently wrote about a fake "Census" survey that was really a Republican National Committee fundraising mailing. Since then we've been pointed to other official-sounding surveys that are actually fundraising requests.
