A rule proposed by the Obama Administration to limit the types of gifts federal employees can receive from lobbyists — including free trade show admittance and paid travel and hotel expenses — has had its review-period extended for 30 additional days.
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (Pic by Gage Skidmore, via Flickr)This Saturday, 34 churches in Florida hosted a viewing of “One Nation Under God,” which is being promoted as a “two-hour premiere DVD event featuring top American thinkers and political leaders who will bring More…
An ongoing EPA investigation of possible contamination from hydrofracking in Wyoming has found significant amounts of cancer-causing fracking chemicals in a freshwater aquifer in that state.
ProPublica reports:
A pair of environmental monitoring wells drilled deep into an aquifer in Pavillion, Wyo., contain high levels of cancer-causing compounds
The Nebraska legislature, meeting in a special session to deal specifically with the Keystone XL pipeline that would cross their state, may be on the verge of passing a bill that could give the governor control over the route that pipeline would take.
Fifty-eight percent of New Mexico teachers are white, despite minorities constituting an overwhelming majority of the state’s student body.
Last night’s GOP presidential debate in Michigan featured nine candidates vying for the party’s nomination in 2012. Among the participants were U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Texas Governor Rick Perry, two candidates who have seen their respective campaigns reach considerable buzz and hype, followed by an equally impressive More…
According to a summary of the bill, it would “authorize district school boards to More…
CARROLL — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says the country is finally catching up to his brand of politics and economic thinking.
For three decades, the libertarian-leaning Texan has preached limited government, a smaller role not only domestically in the form of lower taxes but also abroad, with a More…
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has endorsed the recommendation of a state commission to raise the tax on gasoline by up to 10 cents per gallon.
A security guard at DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power plant shot himself in the foot yesterday while putting away his weapon.
In an incident report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday evening the utility reports:
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF FIREARM
“At approximately 1715 EDT on 10/27/11, a Security Officer
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