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Marathon Petroleum Co. has announced that it will offer to buy more than 300 homes near the southwest Detroit refinery that is being upgraded to process more Canadian tar sands oil

While Democrats grilled the author of a bill that would authorize state-issued “Choose Life” license plates about the legislation’s political undertones,

The rise of online discounting, layaway programs, the reluctance of stores to haggle and, most important, the economic crisis could make this year’s Black Friday a dismal shopping day. But some analysts say that what has become for many consumers a ritual of the holiday season will keep cash registers busy.

Western Governors University, the nonprofit online school launching a Texas-specific subsidiary with Gov. Rick Perry’s support, will receive a $4.5 million

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued a strong statement today in response to the release of the CIA inspector general report

In Portland, Maine, San Francisco and New York, measures under consideration would allow non-citizen immigrants to vote in local elections.

In a newly published paper, Ben Lauderdale, a Ph.D. student in Princeton’s Department of Politics, uses a statistical analysis to plot the relative

Affordable housing goals did not spark the economic crisis -- despite what conservatives say. For lenders, the lure of the subprime market was high yields.

Well, so much for last-ditch efforts to retain access to Kyrgyzstan’s massive Manas airbase, a key logistical hub for the Afghanistan war. Danger Room’s Nathan

Elections Law Professor Richard Hasen weighs in obliquely on the current hysteria surrounding accusations that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is accepting (and

My extremely tall friend Matt Duss of the Center for American Progress has a fascinating video interview with CNN’s Michael Ware, who’s done yeoman work

In a statement on its website, Mariner Energy, the owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf says: Mariner Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ME) confirms that a fire has

A proposal by Hillsdale County Republican Sen. Bruce Casswell to allow foster children to purchase clothing only at secondhand stores has been amended.

The former and all-but-certain future GOP presidential candidate is coming out next March with a book tentatively titled No Apology: The Case for American

Gay marriage advocates may have lost a number of battles at the ballot box this past year, but it appears they’re winning the war. From Nate Silver: Here is a

Update: A spokeswoman for Alabama’s attorney general just told me that Alabama is also signing on, and subsequently sent out a press release, reprinted at the

The Associated Press: A top Iranian official said his country would respond next week to a United Nations-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia

After a Saturday full of partisan bickering, presidential arm-twisting, rowdy protests, and naked racism, the House stands ready to vote today on a historic,

The National Employment Law Project, which advocates for jobless workers, is criticizing Gov. Snyder and the Republican-led state legislature for making more cuts to unemployment benefits in Michigan. In a new briefing paper , the NELP says: Michigan workers continue to face one of the nation’s toughest labor markets