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Rick Perry can’t win for losing. Latino votes are important to any Texas politician and for years Perry was considered a friend by immigrant groups. The

In testimony before Minnesota Senate and House committees last week, religious leaders and representatives from religious right organizations cited single-parent families and a skyrocketing divorce rate as reasons to protect marriage from being redefined to include same-sex couples by “activist judges” and “handfuls of legislators.” And GOP members rebuffed efforts by DFLers to include a ban on divorces in a proposed ban on gay marriage. However, a number of the legislators who say they want to protect marriage appear to have been divorced.

Most of the lawmakers already weighing in on Israel’s deadly raid against an international aid flotilla headed for Gaza have come out squarely in support of

Fired deputy U.N. special representative to Afghanistan Peter Galbraith publishes an absolutely scathing op-ed in The Washington Post accusing the United

For the first time since 1,300 workers at American Crystal Sugar were locked out on Aug. 1, the company and union representatives will meet Thursday.

If today’s economy wasn’t already bad enough and the need to bail out entire countries rather than just banks didn’t strike enough fear into your heart,

Justice Dept. report bolsters congressional contention that U.S.attorneys were fired for improper reasons and the White House misled Congress.

GOP candidate’s Libertarian free-market proposals seek smaller government and tax cuts for big business.

Today, Standard & Poor’s released an update of the Case-Shiller home price index, finding house prices increased 4.4 percent in the second quarter after

With crude oil prices creeping back toward $100 a barrel and unrest racking the Middle East from Egypt – where 3 million barrels of mostly U.S.-bound oil passes through the Suez Canal each day – to Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, it’s not surprising there’s renewed interest in Colorado’s vast oil shale reserves. “As we all know, the energy challenges our country faces are serious and have gone unaddressed for far too long,” U.S

The Roman Catholic Bishops of New Mexico support the current driver’s license law allowing foreign nationals to obtain a driver’s license with New Mexico residency, and oppose Gov.

With last week’s announcement that the Obama administration is offering states the opportunity to opt out of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements in

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has been on a media blitz in the wake a federal court’s decision to strike down the federal health care reform law’s “individual mandate” that people obtain insurance or face penalties. # The court upheld the other provisions of the law, but Bondi said the mandate was essential to the overall effort

At a luncheon hosted by The American Spectator and Americans for Tax Reform, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, a Republican, laid out the strategy

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero appeared on the Ed Show on MSNBC Thursday night to forcefully support the Occupy Wall Street protests across the country, and specifically to support the Lansing protests. The Lansing mayor’s voice comes as several cities — including Seattle, Denver, San Antonio and Grand Rapids — have moved to eject protesters from public property. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed off earlier plans to eject protesters from Zuccotti Park to “clean” the property

If the Democrats succeed in passing health care reform through some form of compromise and reconciliation, they’ll have been aided by the confidence of

During his visit to Washington, Gary Johnson revealed economic policy stances in line with the most conservative elements of the Republican Party, but social stances more popular with the left.

Previously, the Texas Independent reported that, on average, regents of Texas university systems are less-educated than their counterparts in other large

In a court brief filed Wednesday, the Texas attorney general’s office raised states’ rights concerns about a Voting Rights Act provision guaranteeing

The GOP’s privileged resolution on an investigation of what members of Congress knew about Rep. Eric Massa’s (D-N.Y.) problems has passed the House, on a 360-2

Border safety is shaping up to be a major campaign issue, with some Republicans seemingly intent on arguing the Obama administration has been weak on