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"Governor gags Pinckneyville group into not answering their phones - posted by Diane According to the Post-Dispatch, Governor Blagojevich has ordered a group wanting to build a Branson-like resort on 5000 acres near Pinckneyville to say nothing about it until he himself...Fists Fly in Alabama Senate
Discussion turned personal yesterday in the Alabama Senate, and then things got ugly, resulting in curses and punches."Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Granholm sets the clock ticking on school, Medicaid budget cuts
"LANSING – Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she will order a $125 per pupil cut in state aid to schools and a 6% reduction in state payments to doctors and hospitals that treat Medicaid patients because of the state’s budget deficits.""“The Legislature is forcing this stuff.... Hong Kong crusades for democracy
The protest was the first in a long time for Hong Kong residents to focus purely on issues of democracy, rather than other political concerns. Quite a feat for a quarter of a million people, I'd say. The march was...Argentina's power-hungry provincial governors
"Re-election out of fashion Less than four months after Misiones Governor Carlos Rovira’s dreams of indefinite re-election were crushed in constituent assembly elections, La Rioja’s provincial legislature has defied national government pressures and a mob invasion to...
created by pablodavidflores | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Same-Sex Sexual Assault Must Be Severely Punished To "Deter Potential Offende...
"A Chinese lawmaker has called for amendment to or judicial interpretation of the country's existing Criminal Law to severely punish those making sexual assaults on victims of the same sex. "Same-sex sexual assaults seriously harm personal dignity and undermine social...WHEREAS - New Mexico Declares Pluto A "Planet" - UPDATED :: MAXINE
"Only in America can a Government (in this case, a state Government) declare that a scientific determination is wrong and overturn it. Pluto is a planet because, according to New Mexico, Pluto was discovered from...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Fluorescent green plates for sex offenders?
The idea has been opposed by those who say that people who share the vehicle--such as family members--would be stigmatized by having to sport the bright green plates. "A Republican and a Democrat in the state...Welcome to (Gay) New Jersey
Today marks the first day that gay couples get the right to a civil union under a law passed in December. Under the new law, couples receive the same benefits as heterosexual marriages but without the title.... Texas Legislature: Officially Insane
"Can any Texan reading this explain how these lunatic yahoos get elected? I've read Molly Ivins, but she hasn't explained how normal, ordinary folk can walk into a voting booth and pull a lever for some macho pseudo-cowboy with slicked back hair and a belief that the earth... Bloggers with press passes
"The Texas legislature is revisiting the big question: are bloggers really journalists? Some TX legislators want bloggers to have the same rights as mainstream media in covering the legislature from the floor. With mainstream media coverage in Austin shrinking by half, from...States challenge nat'l driver's license
WASHINGTON - A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states......Within a week of Maine's action, lawmakers in Georgia, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington state also balked at Real ID. They are...A Plague On Both Your Houses
"January 29, 2007 Arrogance of Power Is anybody else angry at the arrogance of the Bush executive branch? I am not just talking about the White House, I am talking about the whole apparatus. It looks out of control. Power corrupts and when an Executive Branch has no check...Spitzer to Tie School Funds to Performance
"Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York said today that he would allocate more money to the state’s public education system in his 2008 budget proposal, but he said the increased spending would be tied to better results from schools, educators and students. Skip to next...Bonnie Garcia's tackling of trans fat can work with right approach
Hello! They replace trans fats with GMO canola oil. ""We can't legislate what people put in their mouths, but we can reduce the risks"Top Members Today
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