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For Lawmakers, Changing Definitions of the Law is Easier Than Following It
On June 3, IVN reported on the Kansas budget woes of the so-called "tea-party experiment," including the almost imminent furlough of non-essential state employees beginning on June 7.In an interesting...
Find The Good and Praise It: Highlighting Nonpartisan Organizations That Put Voters ahead of Parties
Denver, Colo. -- Across the country, independent/nonpartisan organizations committed to fundamental political reform and equal rights for every voter are hard at work fighting the good fight on a wide...
KS Governor Would Rather Change The State Supreme Court than Fund Schools
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's (R) so-called tea party experiment in supply side economics has thrust the normally quiet politics of solidly-red Kansas into the national spotlight. With the firs...
News Flash: China is Building Islands in the Middle of the Ocean
Immigration. Same-sex marriage. Health care. Gun control. Welfare. Taxation.I could go on, but I don’t think I need to. The list of political hot potatoes dividing the nation are all too familiar to a...
How The Racial Shift in Key Battleground States Could Alter the 2016 Election
The 2016 election is already in full swing with eight candidates having officially declared their candidacy (two for the Democratic nomination, six for the Republican nomination). Polling of these can...
10 Ways Political Parties Control Your Vote
1. States Send Delegates to the Electoral College that Represent Parties, Not PeopleWhen envisioning the electoral college, the goal of the Founding Fathers was to send electors who were “free from an...
Cannabis Activist Loses Custody of 11-Year-Old Son in Weirdest Case of Drug Enforcement
Kansas resident Shona Banda, 37, lost custody of her 11-year-old son (at least temporarily) in late March after the boy stood up for the medical benefits of cannabis oil during an anti-drug class at s...
Us vs Them: When Politics is Treated Like a Football Game, No One Wins
A collaborative effort between Patrick Miller of the University of Kansas and Pamela Johnston Conover of the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers new insight into the growing...
Proposed N.C. Abortion Restrictions Reduce Women's Safety, Opponents Say
NORTH CAROLINA -- Recently proposed bills in the North Carolina House and Senate aim to tighten restrictions on abortion.A key point in House Bill 465 would extend waiting periods between when women c...
3 Pitfalls of the Fair Tax Proposal
Several weeks ago, several people criticized the article about comparing America's tax rates to the rest of the world, countering with comments on Facebook like:Who cares? These comparisons ...