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California law creates more transparency on campaign money

donal brown May 11, 2010

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law lowing the monetary threshold for political candidates, lobbying firms and others to file financial disclosure records online. The new threshold for cumulative contributions is $25,000, down from $50,000. -db Sacramento Bee May 10, 2010 By Jim Sanders Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation to lower the monetary threshold at which state candidates, lobbying firms and others must file financial disclosures online to the secretary of state’s office.

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Liberty Bell entrance a testing grounds for free speech rights

donal brown May 10, 2010

The federal court, the National Park Service, free speech rights groups and special interest groups have been joustling over reasonable limits on free speech activities in front of the Liberty Bell entrance in Philadelphia. -db Philadelphia Inquirer Anaylsis May 9, 2010 By Nathan Gorenstein How much liberty are you entitled to on the sidewalk that leads to the Liberty Bell? Defining freedom has turned out to be no simple thing at what might be considered

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In tradeoff Federal Reserve yields to pressure for greater transparency

donal brown May 10, 2010

A consensus has emerged in the Senate to allow the Federal Reserve to retain its powers to set interests rates but in return the Fed must submit to additional audits by the General Accounting Office. -db The New York Times May 10, 2010 By Sewell Chan The Federal Reserve appears to have succeeded in fending off a challenge to the autonomy of its monetary policy decisions, but it is likely to face greater scrutiny of

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Pentagon bans reporters from covering Guantanamo hearings

donal brown May 10, 2010

The Pentagon banned four reports from covering military commissions at Guantanamo on the grounds that they violated prohibitions on publishing the name of a former Army interrogator who was a witness at a hearing. -db McClatchy Newspapers May 6, 2010 By Nancy A. Youssef WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon Thursday banned four reporters, including one from McClatchy Newspapers, from covering future military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, charging that they’d violated ground rules by publishing

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Federal judge orders filmmaker to relinquish film footage to Chevron in case about polluting Amazon rain forest

donal brown May 10, 2010

While rejecting Chevron’s argument that a reporters privilege does not apply to documentarians, a federal judge nonetheless ruled the filmmaker had to give film footage to Chevron since he had not promised his sources confidentiality. -db Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press May 7, 2010 By Cristina Abello A New York federal judge on Thursday ruled that though a reporter’s privilege applies to a documentary filmmaker, he must still hand over unused footage to Chevron

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