British Columbia lumber exports to China grew 70% in 2009
(Lesprom) Lumber exports to China hit 1.63 million board feet in 2009, more than twice the volume shipped in 2008. Those exports generated $327 million in revenues, a 70% increase over 2008. The U.S....
View ArticleEditorial: The downward spiral of the state of Illinois
(Chicago Tribune) Illinois needs leaders who see that, across this nation, concerns about the public sector’s size, cost and reach is the domestic issue that most rivets Americans. Read the article...
View ArticleAnchorage VA clinic: $76mil, 184,000 square feet
(KTUU) Patients and staffers at Anchorage’s veterans’ clinic have waited two years for this day: the opening of their new building on North Muldoon Road. Less than seven miles from the site of the new...
View ArticleUnion bail-out has Republican supporters
(Michigan Capitol Confidential) Michigan Congressman Thad McCotter, R-Livonia, is one of just nine Republicans nationwide to co-sponsor legislation that seeks to bail out union pension funds and put...
View ArticleMedicaid: facing a tough road
(The Heritage Foundation) In passing Obamacare, Congress has put the states in quite a pickle. To sharply expand health coverage, Obamacare flung wide the gates of Medicaid eligibility. It envisions a...
View ArticleWelfare: Road to Ruin
(The Heritage Foundation) The federal government runs over 70 different means-tested anti-poverty programs that provide cash, food, housing, medical care, and social services to poor and low-income...
View ArticleBanks Repossess Property at Record Pace
(Reuters) Banks took control of 269,962 properties in the second quarter, up 5 percent from the prior quarter and a 38 percent spike from the second quarter of last year. Repossessions are expected to...
View ArticleResponsible ways to stop digging the debt hole
(The Heritage Foundation) When Gallup recently polled Americans on the biggest threat to America’s future well-being, the escalating national debt tied terrorism at the top. They’re right to worry....
View ArticlePermanent Fund Dividend of $2072! Careful How You Spend it, the Government is...
Governor Walker just announced that this year’s PFD will be $2,072. It’s another Christmas in October which really stimulates the economy. But don’t spend it all right away because you may want some...
View ArticlePros & Cons on State of Alaska Leading on AKLNG Project
The decision making process on the AKLNG project is vital to the future of Alaska and its citizens. Because of this, we have placed the PowerPoint presentation by the legislature's consultant, Nikos...
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