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California gets most of the glory for renewable energy and perhaps rightfully so. As of 2010 it had 27% of installed solar power in the country with 12% of the population. Yet Arizona had 6% of the installed solar with just 2% of the population. (Nevada and Colorado did even better. Both had a 6% share with 0.86% and 1.61% of the population, respectively.) Arizona clearly has huge solar and wind power potential. The sun shines 300 days a year, and there’s plenty of wind too. As is true elsewher

While most Republicans, according to recent polls, are adamantly opposed to a brokered convention, given the new party nominating rules it is highly unlikely that the primary process will be wrapped up quickly. Newt Gingrich predicted at this weekend's California Republican Convention that the presidential primary season may well extend to California, putting the state's 172 delegates into play in June. 2012 could host an unusually prolonged primary season for a presidential race in recent his

Sacramento lawmakers spend inordinate amounts of time arguing about the budget, pensions, education, unions, water (and most everything else) without ever seeming to accomplish much. Budget problems lurch forward each year, zombie-like with no resolution. Unfunded pension liability, the elephant in the room that hardly anyone mentions, grows bigger each year. The infrastructure needs repair and the once-stellar California education is slipping badly. So what’s going on? Other states have huge p

As we noted last week, GOP delegate process is far more complicated than the mainstream media leads people to believe. The primary process is not always as simple as winning the most votes and therefore winning the most delegates. This has only been the case in winner-take-all elections, of which there’s only been two, so far: Florida and South Carolina. In states which hold caucuses, to date Iowa, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota and Maine, there have been two functions. Round 1, is a “beauty conte

Coinciding with the next two presidential election cycles in 2012 and 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting Hispanics to have a significant presence in the nation’s labor force over the next ten years.  As reported by the Pew Research Center, Hispanics are expected to account for three-quarters of the growth in the nation’s labor force from 2010-2020. The data was taken from 2010 Census figures. In 2010 alone, Hispanics as a whole had a higher participation rate in the nation’s lab

Media focus on the Republican presidential primary process is on a perpetual 24/7 news cycle, relentless and rife with circus sideshows (Hello, Mr. Trump). Yet, the constant microscope from the press hasn't prevented mainstream media outlets from mangling the delegate count. Presently, the number of delegates pledged to any candidate is far less than media outlets are reporting and mathematically point to only one outcome so far: a brokered Republican National Convention. Not So Fast Gov. Romne

The campaign trail today will hold caucuses in both Minnesota and Colorado, with a primary in Missouri... Newt Gingrich (Republican): Increasing the intensity of his rhetoric against Mitt Romney, Gingrich also now faces competition from Rick Santorum, who has been steadily gaining momentum. A clerical error has kept Gingrich off the ballot in tonight’s Missouri primary, opening the stage for Santorum to go head to head with Romney. Gingrich will be campaigning in Ohio today focusing on gaining

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Mitt Romney came in first in the Nevada primary, receiving just over 50 percent of the vote. The rest of the candidates struggled to keep up with Romney, with Gingrich finishing up with 21.1 percent, Ron Paul close behind with 18.8 percent, and Rick Santorum receiving just 10 percent of the vote. Voter turnout in Nevada was much lower than expected, reflecting a lack of enthusiasm for the Republican candidates. Jamie Dupree of the Atlanta Journal Cons

Here are the results from the Nevada Caucuses, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times Data Desk. While the results are not final, it looks like another victory for Mitt Romney, with a strong finish for Ron Paul, who came within 2% of Newt Gingrich’s second place win. Rick Santorum’s fourth place finish is no surprise, seeing as he spent most of the week campaigning in Colorado. Check in tomorrow with the Independent Voter Network for a full update of the Nevada Caucuses and the Presidential Election

On the eve of the Nevada Caucuses, the Republican presidential candidates make their final arguments to Nevada voters today. A recent poll conducted by Cannon Survey Center at the University of Nevada finds that Romney is the favorite, supported by 45 percent of the likely caucusgoers. While he's not on the road campaigning like the rest of the presidential candidates, Barack Obama is partaking in his own campaigning in Washington. Fully aware of the significance of veterans in the upcoming elec