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Data Centers Threaten to Doom Families to Fuel Poverty

  • Corporate welfare violates the Wyoming Constitution.
  • Data Center tax breaks cost taxpayers more than $500,000 per job.
  • Instead of picking winners and losers, the government should reduce taxes for all companies and let those with good ideas and private funding prevail.
CHEYENNE, WY: The Wyoming Liberty Group released "Data Centers, The Hidden Costs of Corporate Welfare" today, blasting the government's policy of using tax dollars to attract businesses to the state and warning families about the specter of fuel poverty as a result of the latest corporate welfare fad.
- Thursday, August 7, 2014

Bernardus Lodge & Spa Invites Guests to Indulge In the Property’s 15th Anniversary Offer

CARMEL VALLEY, Ca. – Bernardus Lodge & Spa invites guests to pack their bags and celebrate the 15th anniversary of this Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure perennial award-winning resort with its “$15,000 15th Anniversary” package. Explore the landscape and embrace the epicurean delights of wine country – all with sumptuous accommodations. The Bernardus Lodge & Spa “$15,000 15th Anniversary” package is available for a limited time, from August 1 to December 31, 2014.
- Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Who Benefits from a National Curriculum?

My father, a middle school teacher, more than once came home from work and sighed, "Now they've decided to reinvent the wheel again." In Sweden in the 1970s and 80s, "new" and "ground-breaking" pedagogical waves swept over the school system with mind-numbing regularity. Experienced teachers joked that the goal of education bureaucrats was to "make sure all students were equally ignorant."
- Tuesday, August 5, 2014

It's the deadliest strain, says the man who discovered Ebola

The scientist who discovered the Ebola virus from a blood sample of a dying Catholic nun way back in 1976 in Congo warns that the latest outbreak is caused by the deadliest strain of the virus - 9 out of 10 infected will die from it. In an exclusive interview to TOI's Kounteya Sinha, professor Peter Piot, who was 27-years-old when he made the discovery and is now the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine says the present outbreak is the largest and the longest ever and could soon see it spread across the world including India.
- Sunday, August 3, 2014

INDIA: Non-Hindu Activities Outlawed in Villages Throughout Chhattisgarh

Sources: World Watch Monitor, Morning Star News A number of villages in Chhattisgarh State have outlawed the open practice of Christianity -- a move of questionable legality that church leaders say has already led to increased anti-Christian violence. "The situation is becoming worse," explains the president of the Chhattisgarh Christian Forum. "The anti-Christian propaganda is becoming stronger."
- Thursday, July 31, 2014

Truckers concerned misleading headlines undermine highway safety improvement efforts

Grain Valley, Mo. – A national association that represents professional truckers has heard concerns from its members about recent news headlines that criticize the safety of the trucking industry. Truckers say the news stories leave out or misrepresent important facts and place unfounded blame on them for all truck-related crashes.
- Thursday, July 31, 2014

Bernardus Lodge & Spa Announces Partnership with Luxury Spa and Skincare Line, ESPA

CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. – Bernardus Lodge & Spa – located in the lush mountain valley between the Monterey peninsula and the Big Sur coast – is thrilled to announce a partnership with luxury spa and skincare line, ESPA, at its onsite spa, SpaTerre. With a focus on well-being, SpaTerre at Bernardus Lodge creates a natural environment for guests and offers an array of distinctive services, from vinotherapy and marine-inspired treatments to international traditions, elevating relaxation to an art form.
- Monday, July 28, 2014
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