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Calculated Risk has a smart analysis -- with graphs! -- on the first-quarter housing and rental vacancy rates released by the Census Bureau this morning. The

As part of an effort to fix a $9.5 million budget shortfall the Flint school board is considering bids from companies interested in taking over transportation, building and grounds maintenance, waste removal and pest control. At a meeting last night school board members signed off on contracts for pest control and waste removal but did not approve a $2.5 million bid for custodial services from FEATS of Portland, Mich., the Flint Journal reports. Board assistant secretary-treasurer Vera Perry said the lower pay rate included in the bids for custodial services – from $15 per hour to $8.25 – were too harsh.

House Speaker Kurt Zellers (R- Maple Grove) told pro-life activists disappointed that Republicans weren’t able to pass bills like a human cloning ban that Gov. Mark Dayton was to blame

I think too much is made of the example of the co-conspirator list, McCarthy says.

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Have Illinois legislators read the draft stimulus bill? They might want to: None of the funds provided by this Act may be made available to the State of

Our friends at The Colorado Independent take a look at railroad companies’ sudden interest in political conventions. Two of them, Union Pacific and

At a Saturday barbecue for the Leavenworth County, Kans., Republican Party, former Bush administration lawyer and current secretary of state candidate Kris

Two reports from the Mortgage Bankers Association today -- one mixed, one troubling. First, mortgage loan applications -- measured by the MBA’s purchase

The Christmas-time apprehension after Flight 253 landed in Detroit was more ad hoc and chaotic than the administration has portrayed, according to Dennis Blair.

Former Treasure Secretary Robert Rubin still wields influence in the Obama administration. AARP, Democrats lobby seniors on health care ahead of November

One more thing from that Washington Post report about the Afghanistan war game. It appears we have numbers for gauging a prospective troop increase for a

So it’s come to this. McClatchy’s Leila Fadel reports that Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, is telling the obstinate Maliki government

Assuming market conditions remain favorable and a bond sale goes well, the new Chrysler — less than two years removed from bankruptcy — says it will have the federal government paid back for loans it made to keep the company afloat by the time August rolls around. In a statement prior to CEO Sergio Marchionne hosting a visit from U.S

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National Security Agency whistleblower Russ Tice took to MSNBC’s Countdown yesterday to talk about Bush administration surveillance policies that, like many

Something for the What in the World? file: Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a

Here’s the highlight reel from soon-to-be-retired Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry’s opening statement during his confirmation hearing to become U.S. ambassador to

Once again, Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey has announced that he will not be enforcing the law. Taking another “let-bygones-be-bygones” approach, he told the