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Arizona Pushing for Open Primary
Arizona has the opportunity to place an open primary initiative on their November ballot. The Arizona Open Elections/Open Government Initiative has been collecting signatures as it attempts to u ...
21 May, 2012
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Independents Disapprove of Obama's Handling of Housing Crisis
A new poll shows that independent voters in five swing-states, three of which are among the hardest hit by foreclosures and unemployment, disapprove of President Obama's leadership t ...
18 May, 2012
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Romney, Ron Paul & RNC Rules
The blogosphere is in a flurry today on the heels of the Ron Paul campaign announcement. Concerning its future in states yet to hold Republican primary elections, it looks like Dr. Paul will not be po ...
14 May, 2012
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City of Los Angeles Making Bumpy Transition to Clean Energy
How do power companies transition from dirty energy to renewable energy while keeping the lights as they do it? The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is finding out, as they work towar ...
14 May, 2012
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Swing States Crucial for Presidential Race
One of the enduring oddities of the American political landscape remains the electoral college, the antiquated system that makes selective states disproportionately important to the election pro ...
11 May, 2012
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Strickland To Public Health Doubters: Reusable Bag Awareness Campaign Needed Now
PRESS RELEASESACRAMENTO, CA – State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) said Thursday now that there’s a documented case where a contaminated reusable bag has made people sick, it’s time to start rai ...
11 May, 2012
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Agriculture & Voters Keen on Guest Worker Program
Attempts to tackle comprehensive immigration reform at the state level has wounded agriculture and exposed an unavoidable issue for farm-state lawmakers seeking election in 2012. Because U.S. ci ...
10 May, 2012
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Mexican Immigration Reverses: More Mexicans Leaving The US Than Entering, Study Finds
According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, Mexican immigration has slowed dramatically over the last decade, and net migration may have even gone negative. That’s right, Mitt Rom ...
10 May, 2012
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Are California’s Vaunted State Colleges Losing Their Competitive Edge?
There’s a virtual trade imbalance affecting California’s vaunted state university system that’s the result of both higher costs for public education in the Golden State and a diminution of quali ...
07 May, 2012
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Arizona's Independent Surge
Arizona has declared its independence from two-party politics as a full third of the state's electorate is now “unaffiliated” with either Republican or Democratic parties. Independents now outnu ...
27 Apr, 2012
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