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Architect of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration law loses recall election

By | 11.09.11 | 2:30 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Arizona Sen. Russell Pearce, one of the most recognized architects of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, better known as S.B. 1070, lost a recall election Tuesday.

House of Representatives supports giving federal land to foreign company

By | 10.28.11 | 11:44 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that authorizes the transfer of 2,400 acres of Arizona federal forest land to the UK and Australia-based mining company, Rio Tinto.

In a 235-186 vote this week, the House passed the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011, which More…

Some conservatives hesitant to publicly praise Alabama immigration law

By | 10.25.11 | 5:44 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinMany Republicans, including the governor of Alabama, are hesitating to publicly praise Alabama’s controversial immigration law, most of which remains in effect even after a federal circuit court blocked one of its more controversial provisions.

Some states cutting costs by limiting Medicaid coverage of hospital visits

By | 10.24.11 | 3:08 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Kaiser Health News and USA Today report that Florida is among a slew of states that have been cutting costs by limiting hospital coverage in their Medicaid plans.

Study shows Florida has fifth least amount of unemployment benefits

By | 10.20.11 | 12:28 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A new study released this week by the conservative Tax Foundation shows that Florida has the fifth lowest unemployment benefits in the country.

New Mexico is bucking the trend of slowing migration to the Sun Belt

By | 10.04.11 | 6:17 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

According to a new study, migration from northern states to the Sun Belt has slowed in the past few years, putting a break on the population growth that has driven the region’s relatively strong economic performance.

Former Colorado Congressman Tancredo slams Perry as an ‘arrogant, open border, pro-amnesty politician’

By | 09.27.11 | 12:43 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Former Colorado Congressman and anti-illegal immigration crusader Tom Tancredo has no patience with Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Perry, the Texas governor with the Hollywood hair who fired up the right when he announced his candidacy but who has stumbled under the national spotlight ever since. In the wake of last More…

Dept. of Interior points to Navajo Generating Station for pollution, respiratory illnesses

By | 09.16.11 | 3:23 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Residents of the Navajo and Hopi reservations in the Four Corners region are dismayed that a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) on the 2,250-megawatt Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz., “clearly omits consideration of the coal-burning plant’s pollution impacts on public health.”

Sheriff Arpaio of Arizona to fundraise in Iowa with message of civic involvement

By | 09.14.11 | 11:28 am | More from The Iowa Independent

A controversial Maricopa County, Ariz. sheriff will be in Iowa this weekend to appear at a fundraising event for Jones County sheriff candidate Rick LaMere and to spread a message of civic involvement.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio manages — and some might say with an iron fist — the nation’s third More…

Lawsuit against Ariz. anti-abortion law allowing pharmacists to deny women birth control dropped

By | 09.13.11 | 11:38 am

After two years in court battling controversial anti-abortion-rights legislation in Arizona, Planned Parenthood of Arizona declared Monday it would not appeal an Arizona Court of Appeals ruling, which last month upheld most of the provisions they challenged.