About: Raven Clabough
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Minimum Wage Hikes Compel Restaurants to Consider “No-Tipping” Policies
Minimum wage hikes have provided restaurant owners across the country the opportunity to tackle what many have criticized to be unfair tipping practices. Faced with rising labor costs resulting...
Despite Evidence, FDA Targets E-Cigarettes With Proposed Regulations
Despite evidence that electronic cigarettes are both safer for users than tobacco and also help smokers kick the habit, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a campaign...
EPA Targets Methane Emissions, Provokes Ire From Congressional Republicans
The Obama administration made major waves on Tuesday when it proposed the first ever federal regulations that would require the nation’s oil and gas industry to cut emissions of...
HHS Claims States Cannot Cut Funds to Planned Parenthood
According to the Obama administration, states do not have the right to decide how they spend taxpayer dollars. Federal health officials are warning that Louisiana and Alabama may be...
Seattle Passes “Gun Violence Tax” Bill
The Seattle City Council voted unanimously on Monday to approve a new gun tax and regulations on firearms and ammunition sold in the city. Despite evidence to the contrary,...
IRS Issues Notice in Preparation of ObamaCare “Cadillac” Tax
The IRS is requesting comments on a notice it issued on potential approaches to issues relating to the highly controversial ObamaCare Health Insurance Tax (HIT), of which most Americans...
Conservatives Eye Spending Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood
Though Republicans in the Senate failed to defund Planned Parenthood through legislation, the GOP is not without options. Some lawmakers are looking to the budget as a means by...
Inspectors General Want Law to Ensure Access to Records
On August 3, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency sent a letter to congressional leaders asking them to pass legislation to reverse a controversial decision...
Senate Fails to Pass Legislation to Defund Planned Parenthood
During a procedural vote on Monday evening, Senate Republicans failed to pass legislation that would have barred all federal funds to Planned Parenthood. ...
House Passes Bill Blocking State Requirements for GMO Labeling
As predicted, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the innocuously titled “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015,” which prohibits states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for foods...
Appeals Court Affirms Ruling Against North Dakota Restrictive Abortion Law
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court affirmed a 2014 ruling that struck down North Dakota's restrictive abortion law banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. U.S. District...
Govt. Funds $125,000 Study on Racist/Sexist Adjectives
The federal government has underscored its indifference toward taxpayer dollars once more by funding a study on “sexist adjectives.” ...
House Committee Passes Bill to Ban State GMO-labeling Laws
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee has approved a bill that could ban all mandatory GMO labeling in the United States. H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act...
Three Groups Sue TSA Over Body Scanners
Three groups filed suit against the Transportation Security Administration last week over its controversial body scanners, claiming that the agency has forged ahead with the use of the machines...
Inside Track
The Pentagon has released its new book of instructions for waging war legally, wherein it outlines acceptable ways of killing the enemy. The manual reveals that the term “enemy...