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LANSING — While advocates hailed an announcement last week by the Michigan Department Community Health to direct local health departments and agencies to review their “Client Acknowledgement” for HIV-positive persons, the Michigan Department of Corrections says it has no intention of changing its form.

It read to me yesterday like the torture documents requested in the Senate intelligence committee’s intelligence authorization bill were probably documents from

A chief criticism of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, enacted in February, was that too large a portion went to tax cuts in lieu of spending. Critics,

Time magazine called Romm, editor of Climate Progress, the Web’s most influential climate change blogger. He has past served as a key force to rally

Gov. Scott Walker; Source:Flickr, Gateway Technical College ; Wisconsin Republicans are moving to strengthen their position as a likely recall of Gov. Scott Walker by Democrats nears

First appeared February 26, 2008 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) said it was a mistake holding a

Though Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) won’t say whether he’ll vote for or against Sonia Sotomayor, he used his opening statement to take a shot at the

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Rio Tinto, the company that owns the Kennecott nickel mine near Marquette in the Upper Peninsula, will have to face civil charges of genocide and war crimes in Papua New Guinea. Reuters reports : A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed a lower court’s dismissal of claims against the mining giant for genocide and war crimes, while upholding the dismissal of claims for racial discrimination and crimes against humanity

The latest big fight between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Texas officials sounds a lot like the last one, but with one big difference announced

Reports are that at this week’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers, the Obama administration will press for the allies to contribute 10,000 additional troops to

The Awl explains how to vote, partially based on a Daniel Craig picture... ...but you’ll probably just pick the better-looking candidate. You can play

President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House, via Flickr) President Obama sent new free trade agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama to Congress on Monday, a move many Florida Republicans are praising despite reports of potential American job losses and persistent anti-labor violence in Colombia.

From Walter Pincus’ piece about how the Obama administration considered and rejected placing Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in military custody: After Abdulmutallab

Nebraska lawmakers, it seems, only need one bill to accomplish what would take two in Iowa : The legalized killing of abortion providers. The Nebraska legislation was introduced by state Sen.

The news that dozens of House lawmakers are under scrutiny by ethics investigators -- reported last night by The Washington Post -- will likely stir a small

This Washington Post/ABC News poll is filled with bad news for congressional Democrats, but it also contains one piece of bad news for congressional

CITIZENLink, a Focus on the Family-affiliated website, features a recent post that praises Florida legislators for accepting $2.5 million a year from the Affordable Care Act to fund the state’s abstinence education programs. # The state’s acceptance of the money has been controversial because state legislators have rejected other funds from the law.

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Pensacola (center) (Pic via Facebook) A Wednesday vote by the U.S

While high-profile, politically charged abortion battles are being waged in the Texas Legislature and Congress, the Texas Attorney General quietly issued a pair