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The Cost of Natural Disasters, By the Numbers

By Amy Harder   As Washington approaches the fiscal cliff and looks to save money in every budgetary corner it can find, experts are...

Who will pay to rebuild after Sandy?

How will New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority pay for major damage to aging track, stations and equipment in the flooded...

In Areas Hit By Sandy, Lawmakers Ask U.S. to Pay The Whole Cost

"This was not a New York disaster, or a New Jersey disaster or a Connecticut disaster, but a national disaster, and FEMA and the federal...

In areas hit by Sandy, lawmakers ask U.S. to pay the whole cost

By Richard Simon WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam is picking up the full cost of providing emergency power and public transportation in areas hard...

Western bypass a waste of money

By: Randy Salzman | Charlottesville The Taxpayers for Common Sense, in an October report titled “Sliding Past Sequestration: Two trillion...

It’s Back: SmarterSafer.org Leads Effort To Oppose New Federal Beach House Bailout Proposal

It's Back: SmarterSafer.org Leads Effort To Oppose New Federal Beach House Bailout Proposal SmarterSafer.org - a coalition of leading...

ASK JEFF : A highway funding crossroads

ASK JEFF : A highway funding crossroads Jeff Rea Companies continue to find Indiana a good place to do business. Two key reasons are...

Letter: Fixing Existing Roads Real Priority

Letter: Fixing Existing Roads Real Priority By: Frank Newman An excellent article in the Washington Post on Oct. 3 pointed out the need...

Group’s goal is to curb harmful, wasteful spending

Posted Online: Oct. 13, 2012 Dear EarthTalk: What is the "Green Scissors" campaign, which I understand can help the environment and has...

Schumer Hints at More Medicare Cuts

Schumer Hints at More Medicare Cuts By Brianna Ehley Pub Date: Oct 10, 2012   As part of a “grand bargain” to avoid the fiscal cliff...

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...