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Free My Voice: Primary Elections Should Serve Voters, Not Parties
Like a lot of Missouri voters, I’m beyond angry at our recent divisive presidential election and scandal-plagued state legislature. It’s time to vent that anger at the real culprit: an election system ...
06 Jul, 2017
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Seriously Sacramento? Senate OK's Real Estate Fee
California is one of the least affordable states to live. And it appears it's about to get a little more expensive for residents.Rolling back regulations for developers is a path the legislature could ...
06 Jul, 2017
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44 States Stand Up to the White House? Not Quite...
The biggest headline this week on President Donald Trump's election integrity commission is that 44 states plus DC have partly or fully rejected the commission's request for a broad array of personal ...
06 Jul, 2017
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Marijuana Legalization Is Decreasing Violent Crime in Border States
In a paper published by The Economic Journal last month, a study by the Norwegian School of Economics in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University Department of Sociology and Criminology, fou ...
06 Jul, 2017
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The Nitty Gritty: Why Our Health Care System Is Such a Mess
Our health care system is a disaster. You won’t find much disagreement with that statement — maybe just fingers pointing in different directions as to why.We’ve had endless debates on health care, and ...
05 Jul, 2017
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Recreational Marijuana is Now Officially Legal in Nevada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Cn1zB7610Nevada became the fifth state in the nation -- joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington -- to legalize the use and sale of recreational mar ...
03 Jul, 2017
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Trump Impeachment March Draws Hundreds of Protesters, Counter-Protesters in San Diego
San Diego, CALIF. - The weekend before July 4 was more than a moment of celebration for some. Some spent their Sunday morning and early afternoon protesting the Trump administration and its ...
02 Jul, 2017
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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer: Not Running For Governor
San Diego, CALIF.- The State of California's Republican Party hoped San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer would announce his plan to run for the top political post in the state.It appears their wish wi ...
30 Jun, 2017
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White House, States Fight over Your Personal Voter Data
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who serves as vice-chair of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity, sent a letter to every secretary of state in the US this week asking them ...
30 Jun, 2017
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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to "Open Our Democracy"
A bill re-introduced in the US House wants to open the electoral process for non-presidential federal elections, give voters more opportunities to vote, and reform the way electoral districts are redr ...
29 Jun, 2017
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