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Presidential Election 2012 Update: A Santorum Sweep
The Republican presidential race took another turn last night, with Rick Santorum sweeping the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and also coming in first in Missouri's "primary". While delegates were no ...
08 Feb, 2012
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Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Supporters of independent and third party candidates have long decried the draconian laws regulating ballot access in states across the country. They have argued that the ballot access system, w ...
02 Jan, 2012
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Arizona is #1 in meth use by high school students
The Arizona Meth Project is trying hard, and succeeding at, reducing first-time meth usage by young people "through public service messaging, public policy, and community outreach." It does so p ...
18 Oct, 2011
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California meth use still a problem
California is so geographically huge with such a large population, that problems which are sometimes more evident elsewhere are also problems here too, even if they may not get as much attention. One ...
14 Oct, 2011
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USDA announces beginning farmer awards
The average age of farmers and ranchers in America is increasing, and rural populations are in decline. This is why the U.S. Department of Agriculture is acting to plant a new crop of much needed agri ...
06 Oct, 2011
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Unintended consequences: Fewer undocumented workers could mean fewer farm workers in California
Will California be going the way of Georgia, which recently passed a get-tough law against illegal immigrants only to discover crops were rotting in the fields? Georgia seemed to be well-intended in d ...
21 Jul, 2011
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California budget assumes a sustained recovery even as economy slows
The recently passed California budget assumed $4 billion in increased revenues. Without that additional income, the budget will not be balanced. Draconian cuts will then ensue, and will hit education ...
12 Jul, 2011
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DISCLOSE Act to shed new light on funding sources for California political ads
If a consumer elecronics company ran an ad for computers that contained a series of egregious lies, the public would be up in arms, and the company would be hauled before the Federal Trade Commission ...
23 Jun, 2011
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Lindsay Lohan released from court-ordered drug rehab
After serving a court-ordered sentence of 90-days in drug rehab at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Lindsay Lohan has been released on supervised probation pending a February 25th court hearing ...
04 Jan, 2011
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Little outrage accompanies release of 'Wall Street Pentagon Papers'
It took a lot of wheeling and dealing to get to this moment, but history was made this month when Americans were honored with a "one time look" into the books of the Federal Reserve. You probably didn ...
18 Dec, 2010
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