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Newly Formed United Independent Party Makes MA Gubernatorial Run
, yet the Republican and Democratic parties have held a duopoly on the state Legislature for over 123 years. Evan Falchuk, the 2014 gubernatorial candidate of the newly formed United Independent Party ...
14 Jun, 2013
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Libertarian Candidates Can Win in Traditionally Blue States
Credit: Washington TimesCan libertarianism lead to GOP victories in blue states? Rand Paul says yes.The junior senator from Kentucky has been trekking through historically Democratic strongholds late ...
12 Jun, 2013
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House GOP to Set Student Loan Interest Rates to the Market
zimmytws / Shutterstock.comWASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Republicans released a bill last week to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling by permanently setting them according to the markets, a ...
13 May, 2013
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Federal Nullification
The Second Amendment And States' RightsThis past Wednesday night, the Missouri legislature passed a series of bills during a late night session. One of these late night bills was aimed directly ...
10 May, 2013
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Kentucky US Rep. Thomas Massie Charts His Own Path
Congressman Geoff Davis, a Republican serving Kentucky's 4th congressional district, announced in 2011 that he was retiring from office at the end of his term, but in the summer of 2012, Davis resigne ...
20 Jan, 2013
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New National Curriculum Standards Geared for Global Economy
Photo by Woodley Wonder WorksFears about the absence of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird or JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye are merely myths that mask real facts on a new national curriculum, Comm ...
18 Jan, 2013
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Nine Highlights From Education in 2012
credit: http://ubcmisa.orgFrom fights for equality in schooling overseas to new approaches to the issues that affect our campuses, education in 2012 had its share of highlights and headlines. By no m ...
25 Dec, 2012
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Former US Senator Chuck Hagel Faces Resistance to Nomination
(Credit: BBC)On Friday, President Barack Obama officially nominated Massachusetts US Senator John Kerry to become the next secretary of state. With UN ambassador Susan Rice rescinding her name from c ...
22 Dec, 2012
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Five More States Secure Early Learning Challenge Grants
Credit: www.ed.govIllinois, New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, and Wisconsin will get a share of the 2012 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge, a $133 million grant fund to enhance superiority and exp ...
18 Dec, 2012
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Sufficient Support from Social Security Benefits in Jeopardy
Sen. Bernie Sanders talked about protecting Social Security in the Senate Budget Committee in 2011. Photo: Bernie Sanders' OfficeAlmost every American reaching retirement age is expecting support fro ...
04 Dec, 2012
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