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Michal Conger is a Washington Examiner Opinion staff writer. She attended school at Hillsdale College and previously worked at the Washington Times.

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  • CalPERS rate hike will hit California cities hard

    Michal Conger

    Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    California’s largest public pension fund approved a rate hike on Wednesday that will see some local governments paying as much as 50 percent more for their employees’ pensions over the next several years. The California Public Employees Retirement System approved the higher pension costs...

  • Biden again uses outdated gun statistics to push White House proposals

    Michal Conger

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    Vice President Joe Biden once again used the 20-year-old statistic on background checks today that he and President Obama have repeatedly cited in their push for tighter gun control laws. Obama has already been called out for saying 40 percent of all gun sales don’t require a...

  • Afghan forces’ readiness hindered by bureaucracy, ineffective command

    Michal Conger

    Published: Wed, Apr 17, 2013

    U.S. and coalition efforts to develop an effective command and control system in Afghanistan have a long way to go before Afghan forces are ready to take the lead on security operations in 2014, according to a new report by the Inspector General for the Department  of Defense. ...

  • IG report: Stimulus money spent on unfinished roofs, office furniture

    Michal Conger

    Published: Tue, Apr 16, 2013

    Recovery Act money was improperly spent on a roofing project that never happened and office furniture for remodeled government offices, according to a report by the Inspector General for the General Services Administration. The Federal Buildings Fund was awarded $4.5 billion in 2009 for...

  • Dennis Rodman: Kim Jong Un ‘just wants to be loved’

    Michal Conger

    Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013

    Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA player and self-styled ambassador to North Korea, is planning a second trip to “just hang out” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “We have no plans really, as far as what we’re going to do over there, but we’ll just hang and have some fun!” he told...

  • Rev. Wright’s daughter charged with fraud

    Michal Conger

    Published: Sat, Apr 13, 2013

    Jeri Wright, the daughter of President Obama’s former pastor Jeremiah Wright, was indicted on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities on Wednesday, helping a fraudulent nonprofit misuse state grant money. Wright was part of a scheme run by the former police chief of an...

  • Obama’s budget calls for 75 percent increase in vehicle research funding

    Michal Conger

    Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

    President Obama’s 2014 budget proposal calls for higher spending on electric vehicles, including a 75 percent increase in funding for electric vehicle research. The president’s budget allocates $575 million to to increase the “affordability and convenience” of environmentally-friendly...

  • New York town removes flag as ‘offensive’ Tea Party symbol

    Michal Conger

    Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

    A veterans organization in a New York town is fighting for its right to fly a patriotic flag after the city council refused to let the group display the flag, calling it a symbol of the Tea Party with right-wing connotations. The United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association...

  • ‘Inefficient’ Canadian wind power hurting jobs, environment

    Michal Conger

    Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

    Canadian wind power is on the fast track to killing jobs, sending the price of electricity higher and even increasing the pollution it’s supposed to stop, according to a report from Canadian think tank Frasier Institute. Ross McKitrick, a senior fellow at the Frasier Institute specializing...

  • Climate change didn’t cause major 2012 drought, federal scientists say

    Michal Conger

    Published: Fri, Apr 12, 2013

    Global warming didn’t cause the historic drought that covered nearly two-thirds of the country last year, a new study by scientists from several federal agencies found. Instead, the drought was caused by “natural variations in weather,” the study concluded. “Neither ocean states nor...


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