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Frankenstorm Could Affect Gas Prices and Election
Credit: NPR.orgWashington (IVN) -- Gas prices spiked nationally last month, began to drop, and rose again two weeks ago. Since the latest peak on October, 11 the national average gas price has been d...
Voter Registration Modernization Makes Process Easier
The voter registration process in America had remained relatively stolid, unaltered, and outdated until technology advanced enough for its progression. With the advent of the internet, automated datab...
Why Tuesday?
This year, it falls on November 6... which, as always, is a Tuesday. It's Election Day. But why does our election day fall on a Tuesday of all the days of the week? In a time when we...
Activism and the Commission on Presidential Debates
Credit: delawareonline.comRick Stewart is the activist behind Help the Commission on Presidential Debates. He has spent the past several months waging a campaign to petition the Commission on Preside...
Ted Cruz Scores Ron Paul a Win in Texas Senate Primary
Photo: Gage SkidmoreTexas lawyer and Tea Party candidate, Ted Cruz, scored an easy and unexpected victory in Tuesday's Republican primary runoff election against the party-anointed, establishment can...
Google+ Hangout with Delaware Gov. Jack Markell
Curious about what the governors will discuss at this weekend's annual NGA meeting?"Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D), vice chairman of the NGA, will join the Fix’s Aaron Blake for a Google+ Hangout on F...
Texas: Sixth State To Say No Thanks To Medicaid Expansion
Governor Rick Perry of Texas joins a list of growing states who say they will refuse to implement Medicaid expansion in their states. The one-time presidential hopeful stated yesterday, “If anyone was...
Pension Reform Deal Falls Apart in California State Legislature
Lawmakers in California are racing against the clock to finalize legislative matters before taking off for a month of summer recess starting this Friday. Here are some highlights:Pension reform deal f...
Cost of Aid in Afghanistan to Increase After US Withdrawal
For many Americans the cost of continued military presence in Afghanistan greatly outweighs the benefits, yet the withdrawal of American forces scheduled for 2014 has various organizations warning of ...
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Trumps Competition
The anti-incumbent fever was scarcely evident in California’s open primary held yesterday. Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who has been in office since 1992, easily defeated all 23 of her pr...