By Michael Bastasch Michigan regulators have gotten most of the blame for allowing high levels of lead get into the city of Flint’s drinking water, but a new government report notes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wasn’t enforcing federal law despite knowing lead was seeping into people’s drinking water. A new Congressional Research Service (CRS)…
Andrew Follett The EPA has made a lot of power grabs of dubious legality over the last year, from forcing unpopular regulations through over the objections of Congress to illegally using social media to promote Obama’s policies. So without further ado, here are the top 5 EPA attempts to grab power through quasi-legal means. 1: The Clean Power Plan The Clean Power…
Kathryn Watson While many Americans are making hopeful New Year’s resolutions for 2016 like losing weight, learning a new skill or saving more money, federal agency officials could focus on being more productive with the trillions of tax dollars they collect every year. There is no shortage of ways to do so. The Government Accountability…
Guy Bentley A policy rider that could’ve saved 99 percent of the e-cigarette of from de facto prohibition failed to make it into the House’s omnibus spending bill released Tuesday night. The rider would’ve changed the Food and Drug Administration‘s (FDA) rules requiring all e-cigarette products released after February 15, 2007, to undergo the costly Pre-Market Tobacco Applications…
Connor D. Wolf Maine officials questioned the motivation behind a recent federal review of the state’s food stamp program Monday, noting the government has been highly critical of the state for trying to rein in welfare. Maine was first notified of the results of the review Dec. 7 in a letter. The letter, which was obtained…
Andrew Follett The Department of Energy (DOE) is celebrating Halloween by carving DOE themed Jack-O-Lanterns and instructing kids to dress up in “energy themed” costumes. The DOE official website includes instructions on how kids can dress up as a solar panel, a wind turbine, an “energy vampire,” a particle accelerator, or Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. “You won’t produce electricity, but…