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This is What Inevitability Looks Like: How Hillary Clinton Won the Invisible Primary (Part 1)
This is What Inevitability Looks Like: How Hillary Clinton Won the Invisible Primary (Part 1)
Any doubts about whether Hillary Clinton intends to run for president in 2016 were dispelled in early April when Politico reported that some entity or individual -- the details are stil ...
08 Apr, 2015
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Efforts to Eliminate Daylight Saving Time Have Spread Nationwide
Efforts to Eliminate Daylight Saving Time Have Spread Nationwide
Daylight Savings first originated in Germany during World War I to save electricity, and the UK quickly followed their lead. When Daylight Savings was first adopted in the U.S., it was part of a war p ...
26 Mar, 2015
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Mo. Rep. Keith English: If You Don’t Belong to Two-Party System, You Won’t Get Elected
Mo. Rep. Keith English: If You Don’t Belong to Two-Party System, You Won’t Get Elected
MISSOURI -- Missouri State Representative Keith English recently cut ties with the Democratic Party to become the Show Me State’s only independent legislator. In line with the state’s nickname (which ...
24 Feb, 2015
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Asm. Shirley Weber Introduces Body Camera Bill to Help Mend Police-Civilian Relations in Calif.
Asm. Shirley Weber Introduces Body Camera Bill to Help Mend Police-Civilian Relations in Calif.
The call for body-worn video cameras on police officers is growing across the United States. Laws to require the use of these cameras were introduced in almost a dozen states in January ...
02 Feb, 2015
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 47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Vote Hemp, a major grassroots hemp advocacy group, on Thursday announced the introduction of complementary bills in the U.S. House and Senate, S. 134 and H.R. 525, titled the "Industrial Hemp Farming ...
22 Jan, 2015
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Kansas SOS Kris Kobach Proposes Reforms to Strengthen Parties, Not Elections
Kansas SOS Kris Kobach Proposes Reforms to Strengthen Parties, Not Elections
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has submitted two new election reforms to the Kansas Legislature that are a direct response to the 2014 U.S. Senate race, where Republican incumbent Pat Roberts w ...
20 Jan, 2015
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Partisan Advocate Fears Calif. Court May Side with Voters
Partisan Advocate Fears Calif. Court May Side with Voters
On Thursday, January 15, oral arguments were made before the California State Appeals Court in San Francisco in the case Rubin v. Bowen. Third parties continue to challenge the nonpartisan, top-two op ...
16 Jan, 2015
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Legislatures v. The People: SCOTUS to Rule on Who Has Ultimate Power over Elections
Legislatures v. The People: SCOTUS to Rule on Who Has Ultimate Power over Elections
Although the midterm election fever has largely subsided, the courts are heating up over the issue of redistricting and gerrymandering lawsuits. For the 2014 term, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hea ...
08 Dec, 2014
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500 Deadly Encounters With Police Officers Stir National Debate
500 Deadly Encounters With Police Officers Stir National Debate
The announcement this week that the officer who killed Eric Garner would not be tried for homicide has further fueled public debate as to the appropriate level of force police officers use while in pe ...
05 Dec, 2014
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Do Independent Redistricting Commissions Pass Constitutional Muster?
Do Independent Redistricting Commissions Pass Constitutional Muster?
Redistricting is a process that occurs once every ten years, where census data is utilized to redraw the boundaries of each congressional district, so as to keep the representational power of eac ...
02 Dec, 2014
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