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

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  • Wheelchair-accessible van maker that got $50 million DOE loan shuts down

    By Michal Conger | 05/08/13 04:50 PM

    A  wheelchair-accessible van maker that received $50 million through the same Energy Department loan program that funded Fisker Automotive has shut its doors and laid off its employees. The DOE froze the Vehicle Production Group’s loan after the company’s finances fell below the...

  • Mitch McConnell: Labor nominee Perez willing to do anything to achieve %u2018ideological ends%u2019

    By Michal Conger | 05/08/13 02:45 PM

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the House floor this morning to express strong reservations about Thomas Perez, President Obama’s pick for Labor Secretary. “He is a committed ideologue who appears willing, quite frankly, to say or do anything to achieve his ideological...

  • Judicial Watch: Labor nominee Perez deserves ‘skeptical’ confirmation hearing

    By Michal Conger | 05/08/13 12:45 PM

    Thomas Perez, President Obama’s pro-labor pick for Labor Secretary, is a “terrible, hyper-partisan choice” who would push a discriminatory, racialist agenda at the Labor Department, an independent government watchdog group said today. “Time and again in recent years, Judicial Watch has...

  • Energy group warns EPA may use ‘sue-and-settle’ to cap emissions

    By Michal Conger | 05/07/13 04:30 PM

    Gina McCarthy, President Obama’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, said this week the EPA won’t pursue unpopular low carbon fuel standards for vehicles, but her reassurance hasn’t convinced energy groups just yet. “While EPA claims to have no intention of imposing...

  • FRC: Obama’s opposition to comp time bill shows ‘let them eat cake’ attitude

    By Michal Conger | 05/07/13 11:35 AM

    President Obama’s opposition to a bill that would let employees choose comp time instead of overtime pay demonstrates a “let them eat cake” attitude toward working families, the Family Research Council said today. “[The bill] gives more power to private employers and private employees,...

  • FDA rolls back dire warnings on food inspections

    By Michal Conger | 05/07/13 09:35 AM

    Food and Drug Administration officials are backing off dire predictions that sequestration would endanger public health by eliminating thousands of food safety inspections, saying today the agency hopes not to cut inspections after all. The FDA’s initial estimate was that as many as 2,100...

  • Local governments spending more to do less

    By Michal Conger | 05/06/13 05:45 PM

    Local governments are spending less on public services because public employee retirement costs are eating up an ever-greater chunk of their budgets, according to a new study by the Manhattan Institute. “As governments pay more and more for these benefits… policymakers find that...


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