By Rick Manning — Some things just make you say HMMMM???? Former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’ final Public Financial Report Filing (SF 278) is one of those documents. Why did Hilda Solis spend between $50,001 and $100,000 to retain the services of one of the most prestigious […]

By Rick Manning — The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Halloween that they are providing more than $500,000 “to provide re-employment services to about 115 workers affected by layoffs at the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.” According to the Labor Department’s website, […]

On: 03/07/2011 09:29:10 In: Big Labor ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured editorial from the Washington Examiner , the board calls for Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to step down: Thanks to his dogged insistence on prosecuting 9/11 conspirators in civilian courts and his refusal to prosecute the Philadelphia New Black Panther case, Attorney […]

By Rick Manning – 15.1 million Americans unemployed. The entire state of Ohio has a population under 12 million people. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is at around 12.5 million people. Illinois is around 13 million. In fact, every state except California, Florida, New York and Texas, has […]

On: 12/06/2010 09:03:27 In: Economy By Rick Manning 15.1 million Americans unemployed. The entire state of Ohio has a population under 12 million people. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania is at around 12.5 million people. Illinois is around 13 million. In fact, every state except California, Florida, New York […]

By Adam Bitely – As noted by Rob Bluey at The Foundry and Michelle Malkin , research from Americans for Limited Government (the parent organization of this website) has uncovered that Capitol Hill staffers that transitioned to the Department of Labor with Hilda Solis have struck it rich. Salary bumps for the […]

On: 05/11/2010 06:31:02 In: Hard Left By Adam Bitely The unemployment rate is 9.9 percent, and many economists say that our nation is settling into a long, uncomfortable period of high unemployment. The private sector is struggling to create jobs as it comes to grips with Obamacare’s […]

On: 04/29/2009 10:19:36 In: Big Labor By Robert Romano As the “Employee No Choice Act”—legislation that would replace the workplace secret ballots with union tyranny—comes to the forefront of the Congressional agenda, new questions are emerging about Hilda Solis, Barack Obama’s Labor Secretary. Specifically, what role did she played […]

On: 02/06/2009 10:49:49 In: Big Labor The Obama Administration suffered yet another blow yesterday with more Cabinet nominee tax troubles. This time it comes from Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis, whose husband just paid $6,400 in tax liens against his business . They had been outstanding for 16 years. They were only paid two days ago. And that’s just the beginning of her […]

Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, says the economy is on “the right path.” But unemployment is still at a very high number. That’s why ALG’s Rick Manning has turned the Team Obama Spotlight onto The Department of Labor.