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  • Prison pork prohibition pulled promptly

    10/17/2015 11:02:33 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 85 replies
    Hot Air.com ^ | October 17, 2015 | JAZZ SHAW
    In a pig’s eye. Last week we told you about the menu change at federal prisons where pork products disappeared from the table back on October 1st. What was up with that? At the time I wondered whether it had to do with pressure from religious groups who don’t eat pork or perhaps some sort of political shenanigans between the administration and the pork industry. We don’t have all of those answers yet, but the resulting uproar spurred somebody to action and the ban on pork in prison has apparently been ended… at least in part. (Washington Post) After a...
  • 'Discretionary' funds raise outcry (Porkgate in NC)

    03/23/2005 6:27:40 AM PST · by TaxRelief · 5 replies · 323+ views
    Winston Salem Journal Local News ^ | March 22, 2005 | David Rice
    <p>An anti-tax group and Republican legislators called yesterday for an audit, an investigation by the attorney general and the resignations of three legislative leaders over revelations that they controlled more than $16 million in "discretionary" grants distributed through several state agencies.</p>