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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

The Florida House of Representatives just gutted the power of ordinary citizens to challenge decisions made by environmental regulators. In a 79-36 vote, members approved changes Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, made to a rulemaking bill that is now headed to the governor

InsideDefense has a good story about a bureaucratic change pushed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to resolve a recurrent problem between his department and

Former Planned Parenthood clinic director and converted anti-abortion rights activist Abby Johnson has a new credential to add to her post-Planned Parenthood

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

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

Last week the Florida Senate passed the “Religious Freedom Act” — a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would repeal language that bans using public funds to fund religious organizations. Coupled with the state legislature’s efforts to privatize several state services, repeal of such a ban could lead to an increase of religious institutions providing public services — without having to follow many of the rules federal programs must adhere to. # The amendment would remove Article 1 Section 3 of Florida’s Constitution , the Blaine Amendment — a historically bigoted law dating back to the 1800s

The veteran diplomat’s tenure as North Korea troubleshooter in the Bush administration is key to understanding the current pushback.

A group hoping to make the welfare of America’s children a national political priority is up with television advertisements in Iowa and New Hampshire that directly ask residents of the first contest states to hold 2012 presidential hopefuls accountable. Vote Kids, a nonprofit created in 2002, wants voters to tell those running for or considering running for president in 2012 to invest in and not cut programs that benefit children and families. Watch the 30-second spot, “A or B,” that is appearing in Iowa this week: “We want to bring attention to how children will be harmed as a result of federal budget proposals which already passed the House of Representatives,” said Michael Petite, president of Vote Kids

Whoa, what’s all this stuff on cable news about President Obama’s forthcoming revision to U.S. nuclear-weapons strategy? You’re not surprised. You knew all

In comments made to Tallahassee’s North East Business Association Tuesday, Associated Industries of Florida CEO Barney Bishop called environmental law firm EarthJustice a “liberal, left-leaning, communist-inspired environmental organization” and said that EPA chief Lisa Jackson “talks to God,” according to the Florida Tribune. # EarthJustice represented several of Florida’s leading environmental organizations in a 2008 lawsuit against the EPA, which alleged that Florida was in violation of the Clean Water Act, because it has a lack of strict water-pollution standards. After they won, the EPA agreed to propose a set of numeric nutrient criteria, which would set levels of phosphorus and nitrogen allowed in Florida waterways

As GOP presidential prospects prepare to announce their candidacies and eye the Hawkeye State for supporters, members of Iowa’s tea party movement are vetting which candidates will best carry their message of regaining fiscal responsibility and limiting government. Yet, a highly decentralized movement and diversity of political interests within Iowa’s tea party may prove difficult for Republican candidates to make solid waves in Iowa, a key 2012 early contest.

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

State establishment political progressives, including the staff at gay rights group OneColorado, seem cool on Aurora college student Mark Olmestead’s plan to introduce a 2012 ballot initiative that would overturn the state’s gay marriage ban . There’s a sense that financial and human resources would be better spent pressing lawmakers to pass legislation securing equal rights for LGBT citizens here

An immigration enforcement bill recently signed into law by its governor has triggered threats of boycotts and other forms of protest by groups that led an unsuccessful campaign calling for a veto. # A national group called Somos Republicans (whose name translates to “we are Republicans”) sent a letter to Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company asking it stop contributing to elected officials who voted for Georgia’s immigration enforcement bill, which was signed into law last week by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.