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Libertarian Robert Sarvis May Upset Balance in Virginia
In an election that might foretell trends in 2014, the Virginia gubernatorial race may have a spoiler.In recent polling, Libertarian Party candidate Robert Sarvis has accumulated approximately seven p...
Reform Needed to Keep Innocent People off Death Row in VA, Study Says
spirit of america / shutterstock.comA recent study by the American Bar Association found several flaws in Virginia's death penalty, and made recommendations for reform.While the study did not call fo...
Congress Short on Time to Pass Budget Deal Following Recess
The 113th Congress returned from summer recess Monday and nine legislative days remain before the 2014 fiscal year starts on October 1. President Barack Obama submitted his budget in April.The Obama b...
Some States Continue to Struggle Despite Core Curriculum Standards
The goal for a national core curriculum, like Common Core, is to ensure that all students who graduate with a U.S. education are capable of participating in the national economy. Proponents argue stud...
DEA Investigation Tactics May Violate the Sixth Amendment
Credit: Newscom / csmonitor.comThe Drug Enforcement Agency is using data in criminal investigations collected from the NSA, FBI, CIA, IRS, and the Department of Homeland Security, according to a repo...
Independent Voters to Testify at Philadelphia Public Hearings.
Independent Pennsylvanians, part of the national IndependentVoting.org network, will be on hand to testify at the upcoming public hearing of President Obama’s Commission on Election Administrati...
DOD Joins VA and Academics to Combat TBI, PTSD, and Suicide among Veterans
Image credit: defense.govLeaders from across the Department of Defense and Veteran's Administration came together last week at the Military Health System Research Symposium to discuss the state of men...
Beyond the Headlines: The Week of August 13, 2013
Dear IVN Readers,While much of the mainstream media is covering the same old stories with tired talking points, check out some of the discussions on IVN, like:The Alternative Minimum Tax is ...
Does Money Buy Happiness?
Rule number one in effective communication is to establish the relevancy of the topic to the audience. Why should they care? How does it affect their quality of life?Truthful accounting might do just ...
College Degree Programs Should Account for Realities of Labor Market
credit: University of GeorgiaIf states are to rebuild and retool their economies, they must establish innovative and cost-effective solutions to increase student access to public colleges and univers...