By Michael Bastasch The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) announced it was suing the Obama administration for finalizing a rule that would allow wind farms to kill eagles for up to 30 years. The bird group says that the new rule violates existing federal laws. ABC says it supports green energy, including wind power, but…
By Breanna Deutsch A Democratic bill to raise the federal minimum wage failed to pass the Senate Wednesday, falling six votes short of the necessary 60 to avoid a filibuster. Iowa Democratic Sen.Tom Harkin’s Fair Minimum Wage Act would have forced employers to pay their workers at least $10.10 an hour. The current federal minimum…
Police in Madison conducted a sting operations last weekend, wearing plain clothes and lying in wait to catch criminals. No, they weren’t going after a drug lord or a rapist. Using the popular Uber and Lyft apps to summon rides, police issued the unsuspecting drivers tickets for violating taxi ordinances and for failing to have…
By Brendan Bordelon art by Ralph Steadman MSNBC host Krystal Ball suggested Tuesday that George Orwell’s famously anti-communist novel “Animal Farm” is an allegory for capitalism run amok — immediately setting the hair of literature professors across the country on fire. Ball spoke on MSNBC’s “The Cycle” about the recent release of French economist Thomas…
At least 100 of the nation’s top food safety officials have contracted infectious diarrhea at the national Food Safety Summit The government bureaucrats who regulate and inspect our food for a living may be less than competent at scrutinizing their own meals. The national Food Safety Summit was attended by 1,300 food safety officials, including…
By TJ Wass NBA commissioner Adam Silver is expected to announce what punishment Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will face due to his racist rant caught on tape. Here is the full audio of the comments courtesy of TMZ. The NBA league constitution bylaws allow owners to expel one of their members. However, any…
By Chuck Ross The Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corp. will shift most of its U.S. headquarters from California to Texas, according to several sources cited by Reuters and Bloomberg. The move will occur over several years and affect several thousand of Toyota’s 5,300 sales and marketing employees in Torrance, Cal. A location in Plano,…
By Breanna Deutsch The Food and Drug Administration has proposed new regulations for electronic cigarettes and how companies feel about it may have something to do with how high they are on the industry’s food chain. Included in the 241-page proposal, which the FDA released Thursday, is a ban on the sale to minors of tobacco products…
By Michael Bastasch What’s Texas’ biggest problem these days? There’s so much oil being produced in the state that it can’t be refined quickly enough. Follow TLR on Google+ Texas is on its way to become the world’s second largest oil producer, but a 1970s law blocking crude oil exports from the United States means…
By Greg Campbell Colorado might still be divided over the issue of legal marijuana, but it was united in its response to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s recent criticism the state. Follow TLR on Google+ Christie blasted Colorado as a place with “head shops popping up on every corner and people flying in just to…