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Apropos of the Giuliani post, I see that ABC’s George Stephanopoulos added some post-facto fact-checking: Giuliani isn’t quite correct in his assessment. The

In a three to one vote, the Michigan Civil Service Commission on Wednesday approved a controversial measure to extend healthcare benefits to state employees’ unmarried partners and their dependents. The move was made to fulfill a contract provision negotiated in 2004 by the administration of Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

Today, the Center for Public Integrity has a good survey of how the financial regulatory reform bill got lobbied. More than 850 banks, financial firms, hedge

The premiere lobby group representing the private equity industry has surprised many observers by staying neutral in the epic battle between business and labor

As Mary pointed out earlier in the week, the Obama administration’s anti-foreclosure plan has fallen far short of the millions of homes it was designed to save.

As we mentioned earlier, the recent swine flu outbreak is causing some liberals to go back to the stimulus debate of earlier this year to point out that the

Attorney General Bill Schuette will appeal a federal court ruling that overturned Michigan’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning affirmative action at public colleges and universities. Last week in a 2-1 ruling the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said that this amendment, also known as Proposal 2 or the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment .

While the nation is distracted by wondering about the status of Colt McCoy’s shoulder, the Pentagon emailed out the following statement from spokesman Geoff

Appearing in Minnesota yesterday, President Obama was asked about legalizing medical marijuana. His answer was beyond vague and not entirely supportive

Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), under fire for seemingly promising to intervene in a Justice Department probe and caught on a wiretap -- Harman denies all

The recent news that China dumped $34.2 billion in U.S. Treasuries in December hardly made a splash, but L.A. Times writer Don Lee wondered what China did with

Jonah Goldberg steps back from the Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s memoir conspiracy after catching an Oct. 3 writeup of an Ayers speech. It appeared in National

Peter Roff, an influential, under-the-radar conservative pundit, has made the most put-together argument I’ve seen for something you’ll hear more conservatives

A Washington, D.C.,-based government watchdog is calling for the Internal Revenue Service to investigate whether the American Future Fund (AFF) has violated tax law. In a letter to the IRS asking for an investigation , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) says AFF is registered as a 501c4 nonprofit, which means it doesn’t have to disclose its donors so long as engaging in political campaign activity is not its primary purpose.

Schumer pushes an opt-out public option. The White House battles the press. Democrats are divided over the Patriot Act renewal. Check out these photos

The old Florida capitol (Pic by Diligent Terrier, via Wikimedia Commons) State Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Fort Meyers, and Sen

Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning (Pic via dos.state.fl.us) A U.S. District Court has denied a request by the state of for an expedited hearing on whether Florida is adhering to the Voting Rights in the five counties requiring federal preclearance.

The recession has been hard on almost everyone, but a report released today by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute found immigrants suffered higher job

The Florida Commission on the Status of Women tells The Florida Independent that its “2011 Summary of Florida Laws Affecting Women and Families” report will be revised to include the anti-abortion bills that were absent in a previous incarnation. Kelly Sciba, the executive director of the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, says “the bills in questions were on our interest list as you can see on our website, but were inadvertently left out of the published report when it was compiled, along with CS/HB 1085 Women’s Health dealing with Ovarian Cancer.” “The report has been revised to included the omitted bills and can found on our website,” she says.

The problems of people who owe more than their homes are worth - something the Independent is highlighting in a series that continues today - is starting to

TransCanada was forced by another pumping station leak to shut down the first phase of the Keystone pipeline over the weekend, making it an even dozen times the pipeline has had to be shut down due to a leak in only its first year of operation. TransCanada Corp. has shut down its massive Keystone oil pipeline for the second time in less than a month after detecting a small leak at a pumping station in Kansas, the energy and pipeline giant said

In the abstract, this sounds like a terrible idea, but in this particular case, it might be worthy. Subscription-only Inside The Pentagon reports that Defense