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ACORN, the advocacy group for low-income people, has long been a favorite bogeyman of the right, and this year conservatives tried to convince America that

Nearly 10,000 Michigan residents have asked for a tax amnesty deal with the state of Michigan. MLive.com reports that “roughly 9,200″ people have submitted applications for the amnesty, which ends Thursday. Under the program, designed to recoup money for the state’s flagging budget, people who pay the entire back tax amount as well as any interest due on the back taxes, will have the penalties of their late filings waived

Despite having complained for years that studies on the effect of hydrofracking on drinking water supplies are deficient because they don’t include pre-drilling water quality data on wells and water systems, the natural gas industry has been keeping that data away from researchers.

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) sent out a press release today applauding President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Rep.

Conservative bloggers were abuzz over the weekend over a leaked memo that appeared to show President Obama has decided to send all Guantanamo Bay detainees to

An Army scientist named Bruce Ivins committed suicide this week as the Feds were preparing to indict him for the October 2001 anthrax attacks, according to news

The United States Geological Survey has released an interactive online decision support system that allows users access to six newly developed regional models describing how rivers receive and transport nutrients from natural and human sources to sensitive waters. The SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes) system models have been developed for seven large regions of the U.S., and can be used to compare nutrient sources and watersheds in areas such as the South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. The model was developed by the Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment Program, which “provides information about water-quality conditions and how natural features and human activities affect those conditions.” Federal, regional and state agencies have used the SPARROW model results to inform water-quality management decisions

At an event in Austin last week, former Sen. Phil Gramm, who advised Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign on economic issues, praised economist

After several days of internecine finger-pointing and name-calling within the McCain campaign, Politico’s Mike Allen reports that an adviser in the McCain

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee gleefully sends along news that Rep. Parker Griffith’s (R-Ala.) staff has resigned en masse, rebelling against

An analysis of Federal Election Committee filings by The Washington Independent shows a steep drop-off in financial industry giving.

After voicing his opposition to a proposal to privatize portions of state parks , state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has received word from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection that his concerns will be taken into consideration. In a letter sent yesterday to Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vineyard and Florida Gov

President Obama’s mortgage modification program, known as the Home Affordable Modification Program or HAMP, was supposed to be the fulfillment of Obama’s

In response to the new revelations about security contractor ArmorGroup’s persistent physical and sexual harassment while guarding the U.S. embassy in Kabul,

The count was 58 to 39 -- two votes shy of the 60 needed to defeat the filibuster led by liberal Democrats. The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.),

Colorado First District Representative Diana DeGette has re-introduced her Stem Cell Research Advancement Act . She’s announcing the move at Craig Hospital today in Colorado. An earlier version of the bi-partisan legislation passed in the House and Senate before being vetoed by President Bush.

Colorado’s own Ted Talks is now available on video, which is fitting since it is video that has made Ted Talks such a huge international hit. TEDxMileHigh was held this spring at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, bringing some of the state’s sharpest minds together for a day of intellectual soul searching, calls to action and community building. The local event is not affiliated with Ted Talks, except that it was allowed to use the name and follows a similar format.

The Minnesota Family Council, the National Organization for Marriage and Common Cause Minnesota have all weighed in on a complaint that was dismissed by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board last week. The Minnesota Family Council and NOM said they were victims of the complaint, which was filed by Common Cause Minnesota, and characterized it as harassment, intimidation and an “attack.” Common Cause said the complaint highlights a loophole in Minnesota’s lobbying laws. Minnesota for Marriage, a partnership between NOM and the Minnesota Family Council, released a statement on Monday that “calls on opponents to abandon tactics of intimidation and harassment.” “Sadly, complaints like these are too often used as bludgeons by political groups to silence, harass, intimidate and drain the resources of their opponents,” said Minnesota Family Council CEO John Helmberger

A telecommunications industry merger that critics say will hurt the public interest and inhibit competition is being backed by some Texas congressmen whose

A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. State Department on Wednesday for the agency’s refusal to turn over communications between Sec.

Minnesota for Marriage, a coalition working to pass a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, said Republican Bob Turner’s win in the special election for former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s seat was due to his opposition to same-sex marriage. The group also pointed to movement on same-sex marriage bans in New Hampshire and North Carolina as evidence of momentum for their state agenda.