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  • 81_public_pays_for_cover-up

    Champaign News-Gazette: Public Pays for the Cover-Up

    Nov 22, 2017

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    Nov 20, 2017

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    FOX Business: Across the USA, governments have a gender hypocrisy gap

    Nov 17, 2017

    When it comes to the “war on women,” many politicians are hypocrites.

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    Newsmax Study: Chicago One of Worst Gender Pay Gap Offenders

    Nov 17, 2017

    A new report found that Rahm Emanuel's Chicago is one of the worst cities when it...

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    Free Market Central Interview: Why Does 'The Swamp' Need Guns?

    Nov 17, 2017

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    Boston Globe: Elite colleges with fat endowments are on the defensive as the GOP drags them into a D.C. tax fight

    Nov 15, 2017

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    Washington Free Beacon: Chicago's Rahm Emanuel Is Latest Gender Pay Gap Hypocrite, Says New Report

    Nov 15, 2017

    Nearly all of top Chicago salaries went to men in Emanuel's fifth year as mayor

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    Free Market Central Interview: Tax Cuts Cant 'Pay For Themselves'? No Place To Cut Government? This Man Says 'Hogwash!'

    Nov 14, 2017

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    The News Gazette: Jim Dey: Tax watchdog continues digging on spending questions

    Nov 14, 2017

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    Boston 25 News: Government's Gender Problem

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    Real Clear Policy: The Government's Gender Hiring Gap

    Oct 31, 2017

    We released a study of highly compensated public employees that reveals a disparity...

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    New York Post: New York City government has a glaring gender problem

    Oct 31, 2017

    It’s still a man’s world in New York City government when it comes to getting paid...

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    Federal and State Government's Gender Hiring Gap | Open The Books Oversight Report

    Oct 30, 2017

    Gender Study of Highly Compensated Public Employees.

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    Subscriber Special: Government's Gender Hiring Gap

    Oct 30, 2017

    We found that top-paid men outnumbered women two to one at the federal level.

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