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Alaska Supreme Court Says State's Redistricting Plan Flawed
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Supreme Court ruled against the Alaska Redistricting Board’s redistricting plan for the state Wednesday afternoon, saying its imbalances of the Alaska Constitution weren’t necessitated by the federal Voting Rights Act and ordering...Tags: Voting, Politics, Elections
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Ron Paul is sweeping the GOP youth vote
Across the country, the youth vote is down. Registration is low. Voter enthusiasm for Republican candidates has been lackluster.
Unless that candidate's name is Ron Paul.
The 76-year-old U.S. representative from Texas has energized — and gained &#...Tags: Newt Gingrich, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and Belief, Rick Santorum, National Defense Authorization Act
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Re-energizing young voters
DeJanee Fennell hears the excuses.
Young people are apathetic. Young people are sick of politics. Young people have given up.
But Fennell doesn't buy that. The 20-year-old junior at Morgan State University knows President Barack Obama needs the youth...Tags: Herman Cain, Media Industry, Rick Santorum, Parties and Movements, Harvard University
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Should the crosses at Camp Pendleton come down? [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.The crosses at Camp Pendleton erected to memorialize fallen Marines are a sensitive issue. On the one hand, the religious symbols are a way to honor people who scarified their lives for our country. On the other, there's the constitutional...... -
DEP Chief Talks Of 'Dodging' Land Swap Issue
The Hartford Courant"I cannot dodge this much longer," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's new appointee as environmental commissioner, Daniel C. Esty, wrote in an uneasy-sounding e-mail to a subordinate on April 1. Esty was referring to a news article that the subordinate had sent him...Tags: Haddam, Land Resources, Civil Rights, Government, Mass Media
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Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss speaks to students in Jefferson Co., W.Va. about learning civics
richardb@herald-mail.comIn something of a reprise of his popular film, "Mr. Holland's Opus," Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss sat in high school auditoriums Friday and lectured seniors on the subject of civics and the need to learn it. "Only about 4 percent of the students...Tags: Netherlands, Public Schools, Curricula, Pacific Ocean, Arts and Culture
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No rest for an Egypt revolutionary
Men arrive at an Islamic party's headquarters on a hot Cairo night. They hug, laugh and whisper around trays of pistachio sweets. A door closes and the haggling over Egypt's future begins. But the young revolutionary is missing. Thirty minutes tick by;...Tags: Egypt, Activism, Minority Groups, Rebellions, Christianity
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Frederick W. Glassberg, community developer
Frederick W. Glassberg, a one-time Rouse Co. executive who became a prominent real estate and community developer in Howard County, died Sept. 15 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 77. A native of...Tags: Clarksville, New York University, Politics, Manhattan (New York City), Realty
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Florida Elections 2012: No Time to Waste
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelI never like the smell of fire…but I especially don’t when it smells like the odor of our taxpayer money burning or legislators wasting valuable time in Tallahassee. Let’s call it the Legislature’s redistricting shenanigans…... -
The Confessions of a Gerrymanderer
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelOne matter that commands increasing attention is the give-and-take regarding redrawing district lines for the Florida Legislature as well as Congress. Every 10 years, legislators’ high-stakes script includes drawing maps. The outcome can determine... -
Idaho says no to religious books in the classroom
Opinion L.A.I don't know what the religious right spends on public relations, but some school officials are doing their work for them -- by earnestly overinterpreting legal restrictions against official prayer in public schools. The latest example is a battle... -
Republican State Representative Robin Vos proposes change in recall laws
FOX6 ReporterRepublican State Representative Robin Vos wants to change the state constitution so that a summer of political turmoil like the one we just had could never happen again. The epic showdowns over collective bargaining, and the budget spurred a series of...Tags: Public Officials, Politics, Government, Democratic Party, Scott Walker
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