iWatch News: Company Safety Issues, Combustible Dust Engulfs Two Workers
Combustible Dust: A Little-Noticed Danger Check out the inteactive history of dust explosions in U.S. industrial manufaturing. GALLATIN, Tenn. – Small fires were a part of the job at the Hoeganaes Corp. metal powder plant. Some workers later told investigators they had become practiced in beating down the flames with gloved hands [...]
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iWatch News: Dems Dominate Funding, Ameritrades Contributions, Fatal Gas Explosion
Weekly Watchdog May 24, 2012 Obama, Dems dominate GOP in April fundraising The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee outraised Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee by a nearly 2-1 margin in April, which counters media reports that indicate the two camps are running even. The Obama [...]
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iWatch News: ALEC Backs Down, Voter ID Laws and Gun Law Reform
Weekly Watchdog April 19, 2012 Beer, wine industries backed voter ID laws This week, the American Legislative Exchange Council announced it would stop lobbying on such social issues as “stand-your-ground” laws and voter ID restrictions. The pro-business groups received lots of heat from activists demanding boycotts of its corporate sponsors, including [...]
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iWatch Update: All States Get B or Worse In Corruption Risk
Weekly Watchdog March 22, 2012 No “A” grades in state corruption risk index State governments are largely doing a poor job delivering transparency and accountability to their citizenry. Meanwhile, statehouses remain ripe for corruption and self-dealing. This is the discouraging picture that emerges from the State Integrity Investigation, a massive, [...]
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iWatch News: Chamber Spends on GOP, Super PAC Masked, Credit Union Boost Chairman
View Online | Share with a Friend | Support Our Work Weekly Watchdog March 15, 2012 Chamber spends early, often on GOP congressional candidates For the big-spending U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 2012 election season began early with a flurry of hard-hitting ads in six states that included attacks on two vulnerable Democratic senators [...]
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