From the Cincinnati Enquirer: The lawyer for a man accused of threatening a U.S. Census worker with a BB gun said his client “didn’t want to be bothered.” Those comments came after an arraignment for Hakeem Bilal, a disabled Vietnam veteran whom Springfield Township police arrested on charges of aggravated menacing and drug possession after […]
We are finally starting to see some job growth, though unemployment still remains at 9.7%: The nation’s economy posted its largest job gain in three years in March, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third straight month. The increase is the latest sign that the economic recovery is sustainable and healing […]
Drudge is pushing this headline today: Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million employees… It goes to a Washington Times story talking about the increasing workforce of the U.S. government – not a bad thing with unemployment where it’s at. But let’s take a look at where these numbers are coming from: Mr. Obama says […]
There has been a lot of speculation about what might have lead to the mysterious death of U.S. Census worker Bill Sparkman. Some reports were indicating a death that could be indicative of suicide, but that no longer seems the case: A part-time census worker found hanging in a rural Kentucky cemetery was naked, gagged […]
Yes I am lucky. I live about 1.5 miles from the school where Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law. So how is this area’s children doing? Poverty levels are down in Hamilton and Middletown, but figures across the rest of Butler County are not as promising, according to data released Wednesday. The U.S. […]