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Supreme Court to hear challenge to Arizona immigration law

By | 12.12.11 | 2:27 pm | More from The Florida Independent

A legal challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law, known as S.B. 1070, will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bachmann’s South Carolina Chair warned of hyperinflation, proposed new state currency

By | 11.15.11 | 11:30 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Rep. Michele Bachmann announced Tuesday that her presidential campaign chairman in South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, is state Sen. Lee Bright, who has made comments about secession and introduced a bill to study whether the state should start printing its own currency.

Federal money given for broadband access in rural areas

By | 11.14.11 | 1:32 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

A total of 28 telephone utilities have been given federal money to build and expand broadband access in rural service territories that span portions of Iowa and 17 additional states.

CBS accused of liberal bias over email sent accidentally to Bachmann campaign

By | 11.14.11 | 10:12 am | More from The Minnesota Independent

Michele Bachmann’s campaign and CBS News clashed over the weekend when her campaign was accidentally included on an email chain with CBS News’ John Dickerson explaining that Bachmann would not get as much attention during and after Saturday’s presidential debate.

Bachmann disrupted by Occupy protesters at S.C. speech (video)

By | 11.10.11 | 11:26 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: WDCpix

Members of the occupy movement interrupted U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s scheduled foreign policy speech in South Carolina Thursday, forcing the candidate to exit the stage.

Florida lawmakers refused to accept money for cancer control programs

By | 11.10.11 | 9:46 am | More from The Florida Independent

Among the long list of federal health grants the state has shunned in the past year was a small award that would have “reduced the burden of cancer.”

A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health tells The Florida Independent that budget authority was denied for a competitive grant More…

Santorum admonishes media, says he’ll win Iowa Caucuses

By | 10.31.11 | 9:27 am | More from The Iowa Independent

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum questioned the media’s coverage of him during a stop in Des Moines on Saturday, and insisted he’s going to win the Jan. 3 Iowa Caucuses by engaging people on a grassroots level.

Santorum said he often hears people say they like him, he’s a More…

Politically connected S.C. Family Research Council affiliate wishing, watching for policy changes

By | 10.27.11 | 12:11 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinWhen South Carolina’s legislative session resumes in January (just before the state hosts the “First in the South” Republican presidential debate), one of the state’s influential conservative policy organizations, the Palmetto Family Council (PFC), has a spate of policy and legislative items it hopes the Legislature will either approve More…

GOP chairman pledges no ‘kumbaya’ for Florida 2012 delegates

By | 10.25.11 | 2:57 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The 2012 nomination calendar appears to have once again survived various states jockeying for position, but the drama isn’t quite over.

DeMint injects anti-abortion measure into ag/commerce funding bill

By | 10.20.11 | 10:55 am

Image by Matt MahurinCongress targets abortion for the second week in a row on Thursday, when the Senate is expected to debate an amendment recently filed by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) to an appropriations bill related to agriculture, commerce, science, transportation and housing and urban development. DeMint’s amendment, if successful, would bar More…