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Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two years ago. ... After a photo ID mandate was enacted in 2006, a voter...
Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve. Both the House and Senate are expected to approve, with bipartisan support,...
The case calls attention to the occasionally uncomfortable consequences of justices' ownership of individual stocks. ... Financial and personal conflicts of interest affecting four Supreme Court justices left the court without a quorum last week and unable to decide...
Haitian legislators on Monday rejected President Rene Preval's pick for prime minister, extending a monthlong period without a functioning government for the troubled nation. ... Spokesmen in the lower house of Parliament said international banker Ericq Pierre lost a...
Madison - Legislative leaders on Monday announced a budget-repair package they intend to pass over the next two days - a... ... Although legislative leaders said the state Senate will act on the bill todayand the Assembly will do so Wednesday, Doyle said their plan has...
Efficiency in allocating taxpayer dollars, efficiency in overseeing and improving state government, and efficiency in focusing on attainable goals. Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate will be looking to position themselves for the fall campaigns. Classroom compensation Overall, the...
The three major networks, CNN, Fox News and The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal judge to strike down a South Dakota law that prevents exit polling within 100 feet of a voting place. ... The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Sioux Falls, asks...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), launched a "YouTube" video to press Congress to preserve AIDS treatment in PEPFAR. "Save AIDS Treatment in PEPFAR" features Jenny Boyce, a mother living with HIV/AIDS in Durban, South Africa, Lydia Nyide-also from Durban-whose 11-year-old granddaughter Phumla is...
For years now a number of states have tried to legalize medial marijuana, but the federal government has been a vicious opponent of these efforts, prosecuting chronic pain or cancer patients who were complying with the law of the state in which they lived.
By NIGEL DUARA, GRANT SCHULTE • and WILLIAM PETROSKI • nduara@dmreg.com • May 13, 2008 Postville, Ia. - The largest workplace raid in Iowa history Monday resulted in the arrest of more than 300 people and reignited the debate over immigration. Months in planning, Monday's raid involved 16 local,...
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