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Weekly Toll: Memorial Day Edition
Today is Memorial Day when we remember those who gave their lives defending this country and the freedoms we defend…
Blankenship Does Us A Favor
Don Blankenship,who spent a year in jail because 29 miners died in his Upper Big Branch mine? What good is…
Congress
Deconstructing the Administrative State
House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
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House Holds Worthless Hearing on “Regulatory Reform”
Sometimes you just have to wonder why House Republicans even bother. Yesterday they wasted the taxpayer’s money holding a ridiculous…
Patterson CEO Bonus Slashed to $2.25 Million After Explosion Kills 5
Adding tragedy to catastrophe, Patterson UTI CEO Andy Hendricks is receiving only a paltry $2.25 million bonus for 2017 because…
Tesla’s Recordkeeping Violations Show How Repeal of OSHA’s Volks Rule Hurts Workers
One of the first actions of the Republican Congress after Trump’s election was to repeal OSHA’s recently issued “Volks Rule”…
NY Public Library Photo Collection
Just ran across the New York Public Library Digital Collection. And I’ll never sleep again.
Weekly Toll: Workers Die Every Other Hour of Every Day
Tree trimmer dies in accident at Stanford housing complex Palo Alto, CA — A 36-year-old man died while working on…
Deconstructing the Administrative State
House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
House Hearing on Reducing Worker Protections Tomorrow
The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing tomorrow on reducing protections for the American…
CSB Chair Vanessa Sutherland Resigns
CSB Chair Vanessa Sutherland announced her resignation today. She gave no reason. Sutherland had more than two years left in…
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EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Protections; Puts Residents At Risk
Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…