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Air traffic controllers, nurses, lawyers and others employed by the government spend thousands of hours each year doing union business on official time. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

708 federal workers spent more time on union work than their government jobs in 2012

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

This Jan. 11, 2014, file photo shows traffic passing through the toll booths at the George Washington Bridge, in Fort Lee, N.J. A member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration,who has been subpoenaed in an alleged political payback investigation involving the bridge, has resigned. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s staffer resigns amid probe

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

A veteran government worker in Houston has been convicted of passport fraud for providing legal documents to people with fake paperwork. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Ex-passport official in Houston convicted of fraud

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama delivers remarks during his visit at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base in Camp Pendleton, California. Two civilian defense contractors have pleaded guilty in a San Diego federal court, bringing to nine the number of defendants who have admitted guilt in recent days to their involvement in a scheme involving bribes and kickbacks at Camp Pendleton and other federal facilities. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

7 now guilty in Pendleton contractor bribery case

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Wisconsin freeing more sex offenders from mental lockup

Wisconsin freeing more sex offenders from mental lockup

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Law doesn’t end revolving door on Capitol Hill

Law doesn’t end revolving door on Capitol Hill

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Former Rep. Steve Howard, now the chief lobbyist for the Vermont State Employees' Association, said the union surveyed members last year and found that fear of retaliation for speaking out in state workplaces is widespread. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Vermont lawmakers told whistleblowers fear payback

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Air traffic controllers, nurses, lawyers and others employed by the government spend thousands of hours each year doing union business on official time. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

Too Big to Manage: Taxpayers fund top-dollar federal employee union reps through official time

Mark Flatten -

February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Two Navy divers, out of reach

Two Navy divers, out of reach

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February 3, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., asks questions at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. Menendez paid a law firm $250,000 in December 2013 for legal costs related to Justice Department and Senate Ethics Committee investigations into his ties with a major campaign donor. The Democrat also has set up a legal trust to raise money as the investigations continue.

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Menendez sets up fund for ethics, Justice probes

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January 31, 2014 11:52 pm

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