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Washington – U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is making a new push to ensure that the transformation of Interstate 81 in Syracuse doesn’t leave behind some of the city’s most disadvantaged residents. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced a bill today in Congress that would require at least 50% of the workers on the $2 billion construction project to be hired locally from Syracuse. The chronically unemployed, ex-offenders, veterans, and others who face barriers to employment would be given priority when it comes to filling hundreds of jobs for the five-year project, one of the largest in Syracuse’s history. At least a third of...

Well, now it's out in the open: Rep. Anna Eschoo (D-CA - is that any surprise?) is calling for a return of the "fairness doctrine." And not just the old one, that covered radio and television: she wants it to apply to cable and satellite programming, as well. For all the high-minded rhetoric behind the Fairness Doctrine, the goal is the same: to reign in talk radio. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and others are successful. Conversely, liberals on talk radio have been utter failures. Air America still barely limps along but at some points, it had to resort...