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It’s not exactly Perrier-pricey, but pretty damn close, according to opponents of the massive proposed Flaming Gorge pipeline project that would pump water out of the Green River in southwest Wyoming and suck it back over the Continental Divide to Colorado’s Front Range. Fort Collins developer Aaron Million recently revised his plans for the project and re-filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan . Million had been seeking approval of the project from the U.S

In a section of the 2004 CIA inspector general report about interrogation techniques that were used on detainees by the CIA but never approved by the Justice

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is trying to come with a new system that would make it harder for illegal immigrants to fake legal working status,

In the wake of the arrest of two Americans , U.S.

An Indiana election law expert said Texas lawmakers do have reasons to be concerned that proposed voter photo identification legislation -- authored by state

An editorial in today’s New Orleans Times-Picayune today says calls for an extension of the Obama administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling in light of

New tallies released by Pueblo County Clerk Bo Ortiz on Thursday put the percentage of “inactive voters” who returned ballots this year at 1,791 or nearly 11 percent of county voters. That’s a gain of nearly 5 percentage points from 2009 and well above the previous statewide 3 percent average. “A press release issued October 31 by this office contained a mistake in the reporting of the Inactive Failed to Vote tabulations,” Ortiz wrote in a release.

I’m a little late, but the Republican Governors Association (RGA) was the beneficiary of some big time contributions the other month -- one from News Corp., the

The Center for Responsive Politics revealed Thursday that corporate campaign spending has skyrocketed since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. the Federal

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today defended Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s restriction of military recruiters’ access at Harvard Law School

After killing health care reform in 1993, the health insurance lobby made the PR-savvy decision not to come out in staunch opposition to the Democrats’ plans

DES MOINES — As the Ames Straw Poll hovers on the proverbial horizon and the eyes of the nation turn to Iowa, members of the religious right want to make sure their voices are the loudest come Saturday. The “ Values Voter Bus Tour ,” a coalition comprised of state and national religious conservative organizations, including National Organization for Marriage and The Family Leader , will hit 22 Iowa cities before the Ames Straw Poll, advancing their agenda that entails support of traditional marriage and anti-abortion initiatives. Many within the group also spoke out adamantly Tuesday about state supreme courts overstepping constitutional bounds.

Below is the full text of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Republican response speech. But I’m struck by this bit: Today in Washington, some are promising that