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One line that raised my eyebrows in President Obama’s speech tonight: We’ll eliminate the no-bid contracts that have wasted billions in Iraq, and reform our

Bank Transfer Day comes tomorrow, Nov. 5, but calls for people to take their money out of big banks and deposit it in community banks and credit unions are already having an effect. The Credit Union National Association (known as CUNA) reports today that “at least 650,000 consumers across the nation have joined credit unions in the past four weeks, reflecting consumers’ reactions to rising fees at banks.” CUNA “ estimates that credit unions have added $4.5 billion in new savings accounts.

Sen. Robert Byrd, a nine-term West Virginia Democrat and the upper chamber’s in-house constitutional scholar, said the following in a statement: is tough,

In the often-fractious debate over passing a comprehensive school voucher bill in Pennsylvania, accusations of ulterior motives have been lobbed by supporters

Facing vigorous questioning from Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and other skeptics during her confirmation hearing today before the Senate

What’s the difference between a Democrat and a Republican in Congress these days? In one key aspect, not a lot.

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Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast has lost thousands of dollars for teen sexual health programs servicing young people in Palm Beach County this year. About 200 fewer teens will be served in the region if the organization does not receive enough outside donations to recoup this year’s losses.

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on Sept. 12, 2009. In a phone interview with TWI

The Republican governor of Minnesota on July 30: President Obama is making great progress on climate change. He’s turning the political climate of our

New organization seeks to prevent Guantanamo detainees from facing trial in Northern Virginia.

Good news! It’s not too late to join a 2008 presidential campaign team. Ralph Nader’s latest (and last?) effort is trying to sign up volunteers to help

The U.S Census released updated numbers Tuesday on the number of married same-sex couples in the United States. There are currently 152,335 same-sex couples in the country that identified as married and another 440,989 that are unmarried. In Minnesota, there are 1,330 same-sex couples who have married in other states

For anyone wondering if Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) is in his right mind challenging Rep. John Dingell (Mich.), the longest-serving Democrat in Congress, for the

Ideological organizations often make for more sympathetic plaintiffs than business groups, and they’ve had considerable success in striking down campaign finance restrictions.

The Nebraska legislature, meeting in a special session to deal specifically with the Keystone XL pipeline that would cross their state, may be on the verge of passing a bill that could give the governor control over the route that pipeline would take. On Wednesday, the Natural Resources Committee voted 7-1 to send a bill to the full legislature that would require all oil pipeline companies to have the routes of their pipelines certified by a state panel headed by the governor before starting construction.

State employees are hoping that a new study that shows the high cost of federal contracts will move the Snyder administration to take a look at how contractors are billing the state of Michigan. “The idea that we are saving money using outside contractors is not backed up by the evidence,” Phil Thompson, executive vice president of SEIU Local 517M, said in a statement. “We need to seriously look at whether our taxpayers are truly getting real value when it comes to the hundreds of millions the state spends on private contracts.” This week the Project on Government Oversight published a report that detailed how the federal government is wasting billions by paying contractors for work that could be done for less by state employees.

A SurveyUSA/KSTP poll released Wednesday evening found that a slim majority of Minnesotans would vote for a ballot initiative that would place a ban on gay marriage in the Minnesota Constitution. According to the poll, 51 percent of registered voters surveyed said they would vote in favor of the amendment, while 40 percent say they’d vote against it. Eight percent said they would not vote either way.