By Connor D. Wolf Federal agencies have expanded workplace regulations significantly in recent years and now 70 percent of retailers say they feel overwhelmed, according to a survey published Monday. Employers are faced with countless regulations that dictate how their business can be run. Regulations range from workplace safety to how they are allowed to…
By Richard Pollock Daniel Ellsberg, who famously leaked the Pentagon Papers, told a nostalgic anti-war gathering in Washington, D.C., Tuesday “we may be weeks away” from President Barack Obama “furtively” sending new U.S. “combat units” to Iraq. “As we talk, we may be weeks away from Marines being sent as units into combat in Iraq,”…
By Bedford Peter Schweizer’s best-selling book “Clinton Cash” is headed to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie adaptation of the book, published in May 2015, looks at the finances of former president and current presidential hopeful Bill and Hillary Clinton. Schweizer is a former William J. Casey Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover…
By Blake Neff Georgia’s Republican governor vetoed a bill that would have legalized concealed carry on college campuses statewide, rejecting the measure after legislative Republicans refused to introduce certain exceptions he wanted. Campus carry is already the law in several states, and Georgia’s Republican legislature hoped to join with House Bill 859. The bill would…
By JP Carroll The Venezuelan conservative opposition is done dealing with the Socialist government of Nicolas Maduro, so they have collected 1.85 million signatures to prompt a recall election. Gathering signatures to legally justify a recall election is only the latest attempt in a months-long power struggle between the conservative opposition and the ruling Socialist…
By Andrew Follett A team of astronomers from the University of Liège in Belgium found three potentially inhabitable planets relatively close to Earth, according to a study published online Monday. Three planets are in orbit around a star known as TRAPPIST-1. They’re “currently the best place to search for life beyond the solar system,” according to the study. This…
By Michael Bastasch It’s been nearly one decade since former Vice President Al Gore released his film “An Inconvenient Truth.” It sent shockwaves through American politics and emboldened environmental activists to push for more regulations on American businesses. Gore warned increasing carbon dioxide emissions would spur catastrophic global warming that would cause more extreme weather, wipe…
by Lina Bryce Maternity leave has been the subject of debates before; namely, should companies be forced to provide it? Well, now the issue is coming up again, only this time, thanks to a popular author, the question has become whether or not it’s unfair to afford mothers maternity leave without offering the same paid…
By Juliegrace Brufke An influx of employers are getting rid of health benefits by shrinking their full-time workforce and hiring freelancers in 2016 due to theincrease in costs caused by the Affordable Care Act according to a study released Tuesday. Nearly one-third of companies intend to work towards “eliminating” healthcare benefits because of the ACA, the…
By Blake Neff Free public college is a key part of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, but his daring populist proposal is provoking a shrug from the American public. According to a Gallup poll released Monday, 47 percent of U.S. adults support making public colleges tuition-free, while 45 percent are opposed and the remaining nine percent are…