The best rating Americans give among 16 federal agencies is 18% who say the Postal Service is doing an “excellent” job. The IRS, Federal Reserve, VA, State Dept., EPA, and Justice Dept. get the worst numbers with just 6% to […]
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According to a recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General report Katherine Lemos, former chairperson and CEO of the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), improperly spent at least $97,835.79 on travel, unnecessary training and office décor. Sen. Chuck
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The train derailment and toxic explosions in East Palestine may have largely faded from the headlines, but for the 4,000 or so residents of the Ohio town, they’re still living under a cloud of uncertainty. Mistrustful of government assurances, worried
Now the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a conditional license for a first ever honeybee vaccine. The goal of the vaccine is to prevent bee fatalities from American “foulbrood disease,” a bacterial condition that weakens colonies by attacking
Fifty years ago, a bipartisan majority in Congress passed a landmark piece of legislation: the Clean Water Act. As the law marks its half-century, there’s another potential challenge: what some call the crisis of global warming. So what can we
The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) is blasting a decision by the Biden Administration in a landmark case about the weedkiller Roundup. In that case, a jury awarded a $25 million verdict against the
More than 80% say they view the U.S. Postal Service, National Park Service, NASA, and the CDC favorably. That’s according to a recent Pew Research study. Fourteen of sixteen federal agencies are viewed more favorably than unfavorably by the public,
The Center for Public Integrity is out with a new report about fracking air pollution. A subplot that’s most interesting in the article is the stonewalling the CPI and its partners faced at the hands of the EPA. Like other
