01.05.2009 9:00 pm

Changing federal rules to benefit private developers

: Trail riders in Missouri

America’s national forests are criss-crossed by dirt roads built to enable logging crews to reach secluded timber stands. Just 14 days before leaving office, the Bush administration is changing federal rules to allow those roads to be paved.
The…

Tags: Bush administration, federal rules, Plum Creek Timber Co., public lands, timber industry, U.S. Forest Service

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12.23.2008 9:00 pm

An unconscionable conscience rule

By Editorial Board

A new rule may limit some women

Doctors take an oath to put their patients’ interests first. A new Bush administration rule will change that.
The so-called “conscience rule” is one of a host of last-minute regulatory changes being made in the waning…

Tags: abortion, conscience rule, federal rules, George W. Bush, health care, Michael O. Leavitt, midnight rule-making, pharmacy, reproductive rights

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Changing federal rules to benefit private developers

An unconscionable conscience rule

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