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Credit: USMC California State Parks have perpetuated in a state of disarray during the course of 2012 with the announcement that many will be closed, then remain open, and now will have a new director. Retired Major General Anthony Jackson of Fallbrook will take the place of Janelle Beland who has sat as the Acting Director of California Parks following the resignation of Ruth Coleman. Prior to her resignation, the Director of California Parks had buried $54 million in surplus funds over the c

Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union.  It is important to note that these are not official petitions by the state governments but rather petitions started by individual citizens. The threat of secession is nothing new in the United States.  It seems that after any election, people want their states to secede so that they don't have to live under a leader they d

The 2012 election cycle saw a record number of women elected to Congress. An all time high of 20 women were elected in the Senate, and at least 77 women in the House, with a few races left uncertain. For the past two years, the 2012 Project worked to ensure 20% of those elected to Congress in 2012 were women. The goal has been achieved in the Senate, with 20 female senators, but House of Representatives fell short in reaching its goal by ten women. (This number is uncertain as of today, since t

Joe Arpaio is known as the “Toughest Sheriff in America" for his hard stance on crime and undocumented immigrants in Maricopa County, Arizona. He has been investigated by the US Department of Justice for discrimination and supposed misconduct, although he denies the accusations. Joe Arpaio, 80, has been serving as sheriff of Maricopa County for over two decades. Arpaio, a Republican, was reelected to a sixth term on Tuesday, although there are still ballots to be counted. (Challenger Democrat P

Credit: Wikimedia.org The United States Senate has 12 new Members joining its ranks. The balance of power essentially remains unchanged as the Democratic Party retains its majority while Angus King replaces fellow Independent Joe Lieberman. Below is a short bio on each new Senator-elect. Angus King, I - ME Angus King is the former governor of Maine, and will replace Joe Lieberman as the second independent Senator in its chambers. King will fill Sen. Olympia Snowe's seat who is retiring, and h

Credit: sfexaminer.com The Prop 30 results are in. California's voters decided to pass Prop 30 with 53 percent approval. Proposition 30 is Governor Jerry Brown's tax initiative to provide funding for California's education and public safety resources. The ballot measure increases income tax rates for these brackets at the following levels for seven years: Proposition 30 also increases state sales tax by 0.25-percent for four years beginning on January 1, 2013. Governor Jerry Brown conducted

Credit: sfexaminer.com The Prop 30 results are in. California's voters decided to pass Prop 30 with 53 percent approval. Proposition 30 is Governor Jerry Brown's tax initiative to provide funding for California's education and public safety resources. The ballot measure increases income tax rates for these brackets at the following levels for seven years: Proposition 30 also increases state sales tax by 0.25-percent for four years beginning on January 1, 2013. Governor Jerry Brown conducted

Credit: rawstory.com Prop 32 results are in and California voters have decided not to pass the campaign finance reform measure with 56 percent of voters deciding No. Proposition 32 was an attempt to limit money in politics for state and local elections. The measure would have banned employee payroll deductions to be used for political purposes. Corporations, public and private labor unions, and government contractors would not be able to make donations directly to political candidates. Prop 3

The congressional race between Ron Barber and Martha McSally is too close to call. With all precincts reporting the candidates remain within several hundred votes. IVN will update you when the race is called for either candidate. Arizona's 2nd Congressional Districts was one of the most prolific races. The district has a slight Republican registration advantage, and about a third of the voters are registered independent or other. The district contains much of the former 8th Congressional distri

Photo: Will Seberger Jeff Flake (R) won over Richard Carmona (D) by 6 percentage points tonight, with Flake carrying 51 percent of the vote, according to CNN. The Arizona race was closely watched, since the two candidates had been neck-and-neck at the polls up to Election Day. The Arizona Central reported this as the tightest Arizona Senate race since 1980. Yesterday, polls showed Flake barely leading on Carmona, in a close 51 to 46 percent. Although the state has tended to lean Republican, a