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PHILADELPHIA -- On the campaign trail, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the designated GOP vice presidential nominee, paints herself as a McCain-style earmark

The Anoka-Hennepin School District and lawyers for six students who sued the district over bullying began talks this week in an attempt to reach a settlement. While those talks were underway, the Parents Action League submitted a petition to the school board urging it not to budge on a policy that limits discussion of LGBT issues in the schools

In 2010, U.S. Reps. Cliff Stearns, Sandy Adams and Dennis Ross — all Republicans, all from Florida — signed a pledge to the Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee to use “impeachment if necessary” to force President Obama to secure the nation’s borders.

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Conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel follows a tip and finds enough problems with Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concerts -- star-studded events meant to pay for

On Sunday’s Face the Nation, Attorney General Eric Holder left open the possibility of another lawsuit against Arizona’s SB 1070 if it goes into effect, in

Despite some of the more extreme attacks on Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Obama’s nominee for counsel to the State Department, Koh skillfully defended

Freshman Congressman Justin Amash (R-Cascade Twp.) says the nation’s capitol is even more dysfunctional that the state’s capitol.

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson’s foray into making himself and his friends rich with money intended to help house the poor

Closing 36 Iowa Workforce Development offices across the state and replacing them with computer terminals has meant greater access to services for Iowans while saving about $6.5 million, the head of the department and Gov. Terry Branstad say

Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.

PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano spent 15 years testing immigration policies in her border state. She could be another centrist choice for President-elect Obama’s cabinet.

You know whose opinion you should really value when assessing the impending retention of Bob Gates at the Pentagon? Larry Di Rita, the last living Rumsfeld

A sex education curriculum rife with factual flaws and medical inaccuracies continues to be taught to the state’s middle and high school students in at least

Last week, lawyers for Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of State Kurt Browning responded to the case brought in federal court with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union , which seeks to block implementation of a sweeping set of changes to state elections laws. # The state’s lawyers argue the judge should not block the implementation of the law, and that the case should be dismissed, because, among other things: # The state has already submitted the changes in House Bill 1355 to the U.S

Actually, the direct quote is much more colorful. During a riveting news conference on the federal corruption charges being brought against Illinois Gov. Rod

Compassionate conservatism at work. One wonders if George W. Bush’s presidential library will feature an interactive waterboarding exhibit.

While Sen. John McCain is busy bolstering his friend-of-the-military image in the Middle East this week, Democratic Sen. Jim Webb (Va.) is calling on the GOP

Opponents could take up to 30 hours of precious floor time debating her nomination while Congress debates key legislation on health care, climate change and the economy.