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1. The editorial board of Wyoming's Casper Star-Tribune supports a lawsuit challenging the state's heavy restrictions on third party fundraising."In Wyoming, the time period for fundraising is tied to ...

Several states are adopting an alternative approach to measure their citizens' well-being and shape public policy.In 2012, Vermont became the first state to pass a law mandating the use of the Genuine ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox1ZEPeztrgOregon voters may have an opportunity to reform state elections in November to a nonpartisan electoral system, but before this can happen, the initiative, cal ...

Demonstrating a national sea change in views toward same-sex marriage, Pennsylvania is the latest state to see its ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional in federal court. This time the law w ...

What seemed like a long and daunting uphill battle just a few years ago, now seems like an inevitable reality. In the last 11 months, 14 states have had their bans on same-sex marriage struck down, an ...

For the 46.5 million Americans living below the poverty line, 16 million of which are children, life has become a consistent struggle. This struggle does not simply begin and end with monetary concern ...

"Today, I and many other citizens of Pennsylvania will be denied the right to vote," independent Pennsylvania voter Tom Stack wrote in a letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "It is not because we ar ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NbDOpx4g70The Approval Voting Primary Act in Oregon has cleared a major hurdle which could allow Unified Primaries to be put before Oregon voters later this y ...

Thomas Piketty, a French economist trained at MIT and a professor at the Paris School of Economics, recently published a book two decades in the making, titled Capital in the 21st Century. The book ha ...

Despite police fears that legal marijuana businesses attract crime, including under-the-table drug dealing, weapons violations, and robberies, a new study says the opposite might be the case.Researche ...