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Mapping Happiness on Twitter: Where Does Your State Rank?
According to recent research mapping sentiment on Twitter, Napa - located in the heart of California's Wine Country region - is home to the happiest tweeters in the nation.California as a whole, howev ...
04 Jun, 2013
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States Move Towards Greater Government Transparency
Credit: carl ballou / Shutterstock.comThis week, California and Alabama joined the growing number of states advancing towards greater government transparency by adopting new online disclosure systems ...
24 May, 2013
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Low Water Levels on the Mississippi River To Affect Economy
Credit: Erik M. LunsfordThe environment and climate change were not only discussed in a limited manner during the election season, but the current Doha Climate Change Conference, hosted by the United ...
29 Nov, 2012
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Op-Ed: Bob Filner & The Politics of Change
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.-Nicolo MachiavelliThe P ...
29 Nov, 2012
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Health Insurance Exchange Deadline Delayed
Credit: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/aids/HealthcareReform.htmStates will have now until December 14th to decide if they want to have a state run health insurance exchange or not. This extended d ...
17 Nov, 2012
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Online Petitions for Secession: Have Americans Forgotten the Past?
Citizens in nearly thirty states have signed online petitions propagating secession from the United States. These states have filed their petitions with the We the People Program, a facet of the Obama ...
14 Nov, 2012
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Union Dissolved
Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union. It is important to n ...
13 Nov, 2012
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13 Republican US Senators Face Re-Election in 2014
Every two years approximately one-third of the US Senate is up for re-election. The following 13 Republican US senators face re-election in 2014. Click here to read about the 20 Democratic US Senators ...
11 Nov, 2012
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Puerto Rico Votes in Favor of Statehood
While states throughout the nation passed reforms and enacted new laws on Tuesday, the people of Puerto Rico voted on whether they would like to seek statehood. The island passed a two-part referendum ...
08 Nov, 2012
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US Courts Finally See The Politics of Restrictive Voting Laws
Photo: www.cit.uscourts.govContrary to popular belief, the right to vote was not guaranteed by the Constitution. The Constitution implies a voting process but neither describes it nor identifies who ...
06 Nov, 2012
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