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Oil revenue fuels intense fighting among Alaska lawmakers
JUNEAU, Alaska — Over most of the last several decades, Alaska's North Slope was America's energy powerhouse. The legendary oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk gushed 2 million barrels a day out of the frozen tundra and down the Trans-Alaska...Tags: Parties and Movements, Commodity Markets, Fiscal Cliff, Energy Saving, Sean Parnell
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California-born voter turnout trails that of nonnative residents
Voters born in California are less likely to participate in the state’s elections than voters born elsewhere who now live in the Golden State, according to a report by Political Data Inc. that surprised its author. Some 73% of California-born...
Tags: Employees, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Labor Legislation, Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace
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In voting districts, should every person count?
The Supreme Court will hold a hearing Friday, in Lepak vs. City of Irving, to decide if it will take a case on whether the principle of "one person, one vote" should be clarified to allow the exclusion of noncitizens. "One person, one vote" was...
Tags: Slavery, Migration, Local Government, Immigration, Voting
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Tinley Park candidate drops portrait photo election complaint
Tribune reporterTinley Park mayoral candidate Stephen Eberhardt has withdrawn a complaint against Mayor Ed Zabrocki and his slate of incumbent candidates ahead of a formal ruling by the state Election Board. The State Election Board was set to rule Wednesday on the...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Group says it can force state vote on wolf hunt
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Advocates seeking to overturn a new state law that could lead to wolf hunting in Michigan said Tuesday they had collected more than enough petition signatures to require a statewide referendum. If state election...
Tags: Science and Technology, Conservation, Lifestyle and Leisure, Natural Resource Industry, Elections
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Filing error costs candidate a spot on the ballot
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERThe Somerset County Elections Board on Tuesday rejected the nominating petition of Michael Sayler, a Democrat who was running for Lincoln Township auditor. The petition included the required signatures from 10 registered Democrats. But the circulator...Tags: Justice System, Parties and Movements, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Accounting and Auditing
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Feisty challengers take on Tinley Park incumbents
Tinley Park elections are typically pretty tame affairs. Incumbents often face no opposition, and they tend to stick around a long time. But a slate of newcomers is challenging long-term incumbents Mayor Ed Zabrocki, Clerk Pat Rea — each having...Tags: Local Government, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Financially Distressed Companies
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Michael Dukakis to help Rep. Brad Sherman retire campaign debt
Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, are helping with a "debt retirement" fundraiser for Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), who last fall won one of the most contentious -- and most expensive -- House races in the...Tags: Brad Sherman, Political Fundraising, Elections, Howard Lawrence Berman, Politics
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The Journal's thumbs up, thumbs down
Up No one said it was going to happen quickly, but thumbs up for the movement on the I-75 connector project. As reported in this week’s edition, officials have identified eight possible “zones” that might be suitable routes for a new...Tags: Education, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Arizona voting law disenfranchises citizens
It's a familiar story: Out of an exaggerated concern about potential election fraud, a state adopts procedures that have the effect of disenfranchising perfectly qualified voters. In this case, the state of Arizona is demanding that would-be voters...Tags: Social Security, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy
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Apathy the biggest winner in March local elections
Is it better to get lost in a crowd or be alone in a wilderness? That's the question facing South Florida cities — and voters — after the latest lousy turnout for local elections. Fourteen municipalities in Palm Beach County held elections...Tags: Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, Voting, Elections, Local Elections
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Outdoors: Support grows for sportsmen rights
South Bend TribuneIn case you haven’t heard, Indiana sportsmen are closer to having a Constitutional right to fish and hunt. Wait a minute, you say; don’t we already have that right? Of course we do. But backers of proposed legislation at the statehouse...Tags: Game, Drugs and Medicines, Wildlife, Rick Snyder, Politics
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