Quick Picks: Pill Mills and Bailout Maneuvers
Broward County, Florida, has become the painkiller capital of the U.S., attracting thousands of out-of-state visitors with its glut of "pill mills," pain clinics that dole out prescription drugs, reports the Miami Herald. Drug overdoses are skyrocketing, but "regulators and police can't control the problem -- handcuffed, they say, by tepid Florida laws that allow these clinics to open in-house pharmacies and sell drugs directly to clients walking in off the street."
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Government Could Lose Billions to Oil Industry on Royalties
Oil companies may receive a $53 billion boon thanks to a royalty relief package designed to enhance the appeal of drilling in the Gulf … more…
Waxman Grills EPA Administrator After Investigation Suggests White House Interference
In a Congressional hearing yesterday, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) grilled EPA chief Stephen Johnson about the White House's decision to … more…
Industry-Packed Federal Advisory Board Told DOE to Double U.S. Coal Consumption
Yesterday we wrote about the influence of industry-slanted advisory panels to federal agencies, as detailed by the Center for Public … more…
Federal Advisory Panels, Often Slanted Toward Industry, Influence U.S. Rulemaking
The Center for Public Integrity has just released a new report probing the federal government's 900 advisory panels. Though … more…
FCC Chairman Aide becomes Staffer for Congressional Committee Investigating FCC
In a move that has alarmed telecom industry and congressional ethics watchdogs, a top aide to Federal Communications Commission Chairman … more…
October 20, 2009
FDIC Failed to Limit Commercial Real Estate Loans Alison Vekshin, Bloomberg, October 20, 2009
October 08, 2009
Top Derivatives Regulator: ‘We Haven’t Filled the Gaps’ Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, October 08, 2009
October 07, 2009
Financial Overseers Fight Overhaul Alan Wirzbicki, Boston Globe, October 07, 2009
SEC Probing Biggest Hospital Company Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, October 07, 2009
July 08, 2009
Treasury Works on ‘Plan C’ to Fend Off Lingering Threats David Cho and Binyamin Appelbaum, Washington Post, July 08, 2009
July 02, 2009
Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street Aaron Lucchetti, Wall Street Journal ($), July 02, 2009
June 18, 2009
Only a Hint of Roosevelt in Financial Overhaul Joe Nocera, New York Times, June 18, 2009
Born in a Previous Crisis, OTS Faces Extinction Brady Dennis, Washington Post, June 18, 2009
June 08, 2009
U.S. to Propose Wider Oversight of Compensation Louise Story and Eric Dash, New York Times, June 08, 2009
June 05, 2009
White House Set to Appoint a Pay Czar Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal ($), June 05, 2009
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