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Our sister publication, The Florida Independent, has a great story this morning on industry lobbying against the Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality

One of the more sensational aspects of the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 review is that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s name was inconsistently spelled by State

My colleague Luke Johnson got some reaction from the Sierra Club on Kendrick Meek’s rejection of the environmental group’s endorsement. Meek rejected the

The American Independent News Network and the Michigan Messenger are taking the day off to celebrate Presidents Day. Originally a celebration of George Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22, it is now viewed as a celebration of his and Lincoln’s birthday, which was Feb

For the past five days, the Iranian opposition has been subject to vicious beatings at the hands of regime goons, with at least eight people killed. Now it’s

Mitt Romney’s CPAC experiences since 2007 have been fairly fraught affairs. On the one hand, he always wins the activist straw poll. On the other hand, exhibit

Suit was filed in Denver District Court Thursday in an effort to overturn laws passed by the Colorado Legislature restricting patient access to medical marijuana.

More scrutiny of President Obama’s proposed bank regulations coming this week. Not only will Paul Volcker, chairman of the White House Economic Recovery

Members of the government in Washington, reviled by the majority of the American public as a pack of partisan, petty, do-nothings, took action this weekend. Democrats and Republicans joined together in an inspired last-ditch effort that succeeded in repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy banning gay soldiers from serving openly. The 17-year-old policy reflected a confused transitional moment in U.S

More than a dozen members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to President Obama and to the Inspector General of the U.S. State Department requesting an investigation of the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline.

In a press release sent out today, environmental law firm Earthjustice alleges that Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, is “shutting out the public” and “refusing to invite” clean water advocates to his upcoming hearing on water pollution standards in Florida. According to the release, only representatives from the sewage, agriculture and fertilizer industries have been invited to testify

Michael Steele’s chances of holding his current position as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman for a second term are growing dimmer by the day. One of

Inside the U.S. Capitol (Pic by ThatMakesThree, via Flickr) An anti-abortion rights campaign called “Voices From the Womb” will perform live ultrasounds on pregnant women on Capitol Hill as part of the launch of a national campaign in October

For the past eight months, a group of volunteer Iowa activists have been contributing to these Power Rankings and attempting to answer what GOP candidate is positioned to capture caucus gold if the event was tonight. The panelists have watched as candidates entered the race, surged to the top and then were found to be lacking the necessities that lead to a caucus win: consistent messaging, grassroots organization and activist energy and loyalty. The panel, which is comprised of our staff, academics, political consultants, GOP activists, local party officials and other state political reporters, is well positioned to gauge the strength of the campaigns in Iowa.

Source: MyEyesSees, Flickr A Florida-based group that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled an anti-gay hate group is taking aim at Minnesota-based Target for advertising during a Teen Nick show, Degrassi, that contains gay characters.

LANSING — Thousands of Michiganders gathered on the East lawn of the Michigan Capitol Wednesday to protest Republican legislative proposals that, in their view, undermine labor rights and budget proposals that balance the state’s budget on the backs of seniors and the poor. “I am here because the Blue Green Alliance is an important player in mobilizing the environmental and labor communities to develop the clean energy agenda,” said former Congressman Mark Schauer, who now runs the Blue Green Alliance. “Those jobs will help us compete in the global competition for jobs — and it is global

According to a recent Brookings Institute report, three big metro areas in Florida — Lakeland, Palm Bay and Miami — are among the 20 weakest-performing cities in the country in the struggle to recover from the recession. The study (.pdf) attributed Florida’s struggles to the housing crisis in the state. Florida, in particular, experienced a housing price boom that was followed by a bust that the state has yet to fully recover from

As Congress weighs its plans for tackling the nation’s enduring jobs crisis, the National Employment Law Project today laid out the stakes of inaction: Nearly

Just released from the Senate Armed Services Committee staff: Today’s Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on the shooting incident at Fort Hood, Texas,

Over at The New Republic, Noam Scheiber counts the votes for Elizabeth Warren, the current head of the Congressional Oversight Panel over the Troubled Asset

In its latest appeal for donations, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is calling on supporters to fund a new campaign that targets U.S. Rep. Ileana

According to The Hotline’s latest whip count, Michael Steele continues to fall behind former Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus in his bid to maintain his