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State Governments

A Punch Turns Political in Michigan Labor Protests

By Alex AltmanDec. 12, 20120

Steven Crowder didn’t instigate the punch or return it. But he got what he wanted: evidence for the widespread conservative caricature that union members are thugs.

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The Fed Finally Does Something About Unemployment. And It’s Big.

By Michael GrunwaldDec. 12, 20120

After three years of doing a wonderful job of maintaining stable prices while doing a terrible job of maximizing employment, the Fed finally seems determined to take its dual mandate seriously.

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PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year: Romney’s Jeep Claim

By Alex AltmanDec. 12, 20120

PolitiFact has picked its lie of the year: Mitt Romney’s ad implying Ohio jobs would be shipped overseas because Barack Obama ”sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China.”

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In Michigan, A Conservative Governor Takes Careful Aim at Unions

By Alex AltmanDec. 12, 20120

Rick Snyder is at the center of the newest battle in the GOP war against labor unions that has raged across the industrial Midwest in recent years.

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