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At this weekend’s gathering of Michigan republicans on Mackinac island, Mitt Romney — son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney — easily won the straw poll

Right to Life New Mexico is distancing itself from a controversial anti-abortion billboard that appeared in Alamogordo over the weekend. RTLNM is looking to have its name removed from the advertisement

Last week the Baker County school board unanimously voted to adopt a strict abstinence-only sex eduction program.

On Monday, The New York Times ran a damning story detailing how the nation’s drug makers are hiking their prices ahead of the reform laws winding their way

Governor Susana Martinez yesterday appointed Santa Fe energy consultant Doug Howe to fill the vacancy on the state’s Public Regulation Commission. Replacing the indicted Jerome Block Jr. on the embattled commission, Howe steps into the position having worked as vice president for regulatory policy at General Public Utilities Service Corp., a multinational utility company, and as a consultant to the U.S

Rep. Andy Nuñez accused Speaker Ben Luján of slowing down Gov

The region’s fishing catch is expected to fall by hundreds of millions of pounds, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

A prayer at Friday’s session of the Minnesota House given by anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean erupted a firestorm of criticism among DFL legislators and some in the GOP . Dean, whose fiery brand of anti-LGBT preaching riled opponents of GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer last fall, led the House in prayer, asserting that President Obama was not a Christian.

The city of Aspen is planning to drill a hole 1,000 feet deep in a gravel parking lot this fall to explore whether there is enough heat underground to provide affordable and sustainable carbon-neutral energy. The test well, projected to be 6 to 8 inches wide, would test whether temperatures beneath Aspen are between 90 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, as preliminary studies in recent years have suggested. The parking lot next to Prockter Open Space has been selected for the project

A sweeping federal law aimed at preventing bailouts, too big to fail and another financial crisis has provoked objections from a variety of Texas governmental

In August 2004, a Defense Dept. panel convened to investigate detainee abuse after the Abu Ghraib scandal issued its much-anticipated report. Interrogation

Missed this over the long holiday weekend, but The Washington Post on Friday published a biting op-ed from Robert Kennedy Jr. in which the prominent

To no one’s surprise, a bill that would force the Obama administration to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline by Nov. 1 passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep

The Colorado Senate killed a bill that would have established a legal limit in Colorado to the amount of THC drivers can have in their system. Lawmakers on the right and left who voted against the bill felt they were attempting to make policy without adequate information. House Bill 1261, sponsored in the Senate by Grand Junction Republican Steve King, died 20 nays to 15 ayes

The U.S. Department of Education has announced the latest round of grants for the Investing in Innovation, or i3, fund. The $150 million will be distributed to

The school choice debate is unique in the often-dichotomous format of American policy discourse. State progressive legislators who have signed off on expansive

Blogs lit up late last week, when it became apparent that even though the American Family Association’s (AFA) Bryan Fischer is not listed as a scheduled

Shuffling four state officials to different departments is concerning industry and environmental groups, the Associated Press reported Friday. The job changes involve the heads of the water management division and air quality and hazardous waste bureaus

This winter, the Air Force, as the Pentagon’s point agency for Internet operations –“cyberwarfare,” in military jargon – banned access from

The first of five abortion-restricting bills passed by the state Legislature was signed into law yesterday by Gov.

Normally, TWI’s strength is not in spot news coverage. We’re better suited for our mantra national news in context. But sometimes, the enormity of the event