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Energy-saving measures are a win-win for the environment and for superintendents’ budgets.

On Tuesday, a speech by Hillary Clinton at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., took a turn for the ironic when, just as the Secretary of State

I’ve just spoken to Andrew Breitbart, the proprietor of Big Government--the website which published and promoted James O’Keefe’s undercover sting of ACORN

Man, Dan Benjamin, the State Department’s counterterrorism chief, sure picked an unlucky day to deliver a speech defending the Obama administration’s

The police union and the city of Flint have not been able to agree on a package of concessions and Mayor Dayne Walling is expected to ask city council to approve a request for state financial review which could result in installation of an Emergency Manager or a consent agreement that would allow the city to modify contracts. The city council is expected to consider the matter this week, AP reports

This QDR focuses on the wars we are actually fighting, not the wars we sometimes wished we were fighting, a Defense Department official said.

In an article in the new issue of Time, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is quoted saying that Marginal tax rates are the lowest they’ve been in generations, and

You try and take airport security seriously, for obvious reasons, but the enterprise is riddled with so much hysteria and foolishness that it stokes the very

In a surprising reversal of his earlier dismissal of four felony charges against District Judge Michael Murphy of Las Cruces, District Judge Leslie Smith reinstated those charges yesterday, setting a trial date of February 5. In an ongoing saga that looked to have run out of steam a month ago after four of five felony counts against Murphy were dismissed, Smith’s reversal marks a victory of sorts for District Attorney Matt Chandler of Clovis, whose office has accused Murphy of informing a prospective judicial candidate that she needed to pay for a seat on the bench.

Two teams of inspectors emerged from the Upper Big Branch mine yesterday evening, with plans to return as early as tomorrow, according to a statement just

A SurveyUSA/KSTP poll released on Thursday shows that only 27 percent of Minnesotans feel that Rep. Michele Bachmann is qualified to be president

Another sign of weakness in the housing market: This morning, the National Association of Realtors said that sales of existing homes declined 2.2 percent from

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Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) says Michigan’s economic woes are rooted in socialist policies, and she blames labor unions, taxes and regulations for the tough economic climate in the state.

As media outlets have been suggesting ad nauseam, presidential contender Herman Cain’s recent confusing, contradictory statements about abortion might

If the auto industry fails, the pain will be felt across the country and throughout the economy -- not just in the Motor City.

The Senate will vote Monday evening on legislation extending unemployment benefits -- a procedural vote that could clear the way for final passage as early as

Archbishop John Nienstedt and the Minnesota Catholic Conference, the public policy wing of Minnesota’s Catholic bishops, said Tuesday that they want a resolution to the state shutdown that protects poor Minnesotans. But their request also contains a slew of controversial social issues, including vouchers for private school students and a ban on certain forms of stem-cell research

Today, the conference committee merging the House and Senate versions of financial regulatory reform agreed to water down a provision randomizing the assignment

The administration may have hoped its lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law would deter copycats in other states, but state officials continue to

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Hundreds of teachers, parents and community activists will attend a two-day action conference at American University in Washington, D.C.,