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In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Transcends Partisan Politics
Credit: LA TimesThe Republican platform committee pushed a number of anti-illegal immigration platform planks on Tuesday. On top of advocating a completed border fence along the U.S.-Mexico border an ...
22 Aug, 2012
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Pennsylvania Drops Plans for Online Voter Registration
Photo: sfcitizen.comThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, expected to be an important swing state in 2012, has made headlines all week for a controversial voter ID law backed by the state's Republicans. ...
18 Aug, 2012
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Assemblyman Steps Down from GOP Post Over Tax Vote
Following a tax vote to support the elimination of a corporate tax break, California Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande has stepped down from his position as Republican caucus chairman in a move la ...
15 Aug, 2012
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Las Vegas Makes an End Run to Get More Colorado River Water
Hoover Dam near Las Vegas. Credit: commons.wikimedia.orgThe politics of Colorado River water rival those of Northern Ireland and Lebanon for complexity, opaqueness to outsiders, and rivalries going b ...
15 Aug, 2012
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Are You Voting For Obamey or Rombama?
Credit: Randy MillerEditorial cartoon humor from Randy Miller at ULIV.org (Utah League of Independent Voters.)Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results is indeed a definition of ...
11 Aug, 2012
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Head of State Spotlight: Mohamed Morsi, President of Egypt
Name: Mohamed MorsiAge: 60Title: President of the Arab Republic of EgyptInauguration Date: June 30, 2012Term Length: Four years per term; up to two termsParty: Freedom and Justice PartyThis week, Moha ...
10 Aug, 2012
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Ted Cruz Scores Ron Paul a Win in Texas Senate Primary
Photo: Gage SkidmoreTexas lawyer and Tea Party candidate, Ted Cruz, scored an easy and unexpected victory in Tuesday's Republican primary runoff election against the party-anointed, establishment can ...
01 Aug, 2012
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Mitt Romney's Overseas Tour Calculated to Rally US Voters
Credit: images.wikimedia.orgMuch has been made of Mitt Romney's purported gaffes during his recent trip abroad. Press coverage of his trip to Israel, Poland, and the United Kingdom induces one to bel ...
01 Aug, 2012
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Two Ways to Protest Two-Party System
The Atlantic has a thought-provoking piece out today, "How to Protest the Major Parties Without Throwing Away Your Vote", where the author proposes two main options for making a mark outside the two-p ...
25 Jul, 2012
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Texas Tops CNBC List of Top States for Business
Texas has once again topped CNBC's list of best states for business, a list the Lone Star state has been topping since the network began ranking the states in 2007. Utah came in second, for most condu ...
12 Jul, 2012
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