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The Michigan Department of Corrections has told corrections officer James Sims that he is not allowed to wear his uniform in Saturday’s gay pride march in Lansing. Sims, who works at the Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, made the request so he could be identified as a corrections officer while participating in the march with members of the newly formed Michigan Gay Officers Action League (M-GOAL). The group represents LGBT first responders, law enforcement agents and correctional facility officers

Changes to Social Security see support from both parties. Senate candidate Alvin Greene’s job-creation idea is to make action figures of himself. Michele

Last week, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) asked the White House to lend West Virginia’s lawmakers periodic briefings on the investigation into last week’s

Shirley Sherrod may not accept her USDA job back. Alex Sink (D) leads by 6 points or more over either likely Republican candidate in the Florida governor’s

Republican senators say they can still work with Democrats after health care. A former U.S. general apologizes for his anti-gay remarks about preventing the

A page from the fire boss book -- a log of safety records -- was removed at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners in Montcoal, W.Va., last month,

No, not that Palin. Apparently, an online movement is building to put Monty Python’s Michael Palin in the Oval Office -- despite the fact that the

Wait! Don’t click away from this post yet! Most defense secretaries find themselves frustrated by the labyrinthine system in place to approve military sales

A transgender woman charged with murder in Hennepin County is currently being held in solitary confinement in the county jail, local LGBT rights activists say. The activists are attacking the county for using a measure criticized by many national transgender rights organizations as a flawed attempt to keep the accused safe while she awaits trial. The prisoner, 23-year old Chrishaun McDonald, has been charged in the murder of 47-year old Dean Schmitz, of Richfield, outside the Schooner Tavern on the night of June 5.

Though the job of approving or denying the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline technically falls to the U.S. State Department, President Obama said Tuesday that he will make the ultimate decision on the project. Politico reports : In an interview with Omaha, Neb., station KETV, Obama said the State Department — which was expected to make the decision on the pipeline — will instead deliver recommendations to the White House on the proposal

Buried in the internals of the newest Fox News poll (released late last week) are two questions about former President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to win

Most of the criticism dogging Gov. Rick Perry’s tax plan for the country focuses on the monster tax breaks it would deal to wealthiest Americans, or for the

James O’Keefe, who posed as a pimp for undercover sting videos that badly damaged the credibility of ACORN, has been arrested for apparently trying to pull a

TWI economy reporter Mary Kane breaks some startling news today. In November, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac quietly slipped a requirement into

I don’t really have much to add to Laura and Matt’s takes. Just one quick item worth mentioning. These two things cannot coexist: the McCain-Palin insistence

A quick dive into Arizona state politics: State Sen. Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, was selected as president of the

The subprime crisis certainly highlighted the need for American consumers to become more financially literate. But who defines financial literacy? And what

Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), who chose not to run in ’08 following a DWI arrest and sex scandal, is considering a bid for his old seat. Biden can’t

Michigan can expect a push in the state legislature to pass Right to Work legislation following the end of the summer break at the capitol. Right to Work laws would allow for workers who do not want to be members of a union to have that ability and not be required to pay union dues.

In Florida on Friday, Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Palm Beach Post that she’s been traveling the country to gauge national support if she decides to run for president and that she’s gotten a “fantastic reception” from activists in Iowa and South Carolina