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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Barack Obama
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Retain Bethlehem's at-large City Council districts
On one issue in the contest to be mayor of Bethlehem, the candidates clearly differ: whether to continue having all City Council seats elected at-large or to have some seats elected by voting district. We can see the harmful effect of election by locale...Tags: Local Elections
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Early Voting Options May Be Premature
Changes in how Connecticut votes may be on the way — and that will be a good thing if it means new rules, such as authorizing early voting, that give busy people more opportunity to vote, boosting turnout and reinvigorating democracy. But an...Tags: Local Elections, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Elections, Politics, George C. Jepsen
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LeBron James named first-team NBA All-Defensive
Second in media balloting for the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, Miami Heat forward LeBron James on Monday was named to the NBA's first-team All-Defensive team in voting by the league's 30 coaches. A week after being named NBA Most...
Tags: New York Knicks, LeBron James, Erik Spoelstra, Dwyane Wade, Milwaukee Bucks
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Tourism Office Ready To Declare 'Fan-Favorite' Town
The Connecticut Office of Tourism is asking people to vote online for the Connecticut town they think best embodies the Yankee spirit of innovation, inspiration and original ideas. With the office's Fan-Favorite Town contest set to end Wednesday, four...
Tags: East Lyme, Wethersfield, Groton, Old Saybrook, Lyme
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Report: Ford family keeps special voting rights
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Ford Ford Motor Company has a dual-class stock structure of Class A and Class B shares. The roughly three billion Class A shares are for the general public like you and me, while the roughly 71 million Class B... -
Michigan improves access for disabled voters
Capital News ServiceLANSING -- Election officials are striving to make polling places more accessible to voters with disabilities. Meanwhile, the U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated that nationally, 45 percent of polling places have impediments, such as a lack...Tags: Polls, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Rights, Thomas Edward Perez, Elections
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Ind. schools seeing more success with tax hikes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes, say...Tags: Elections, Politics, Taxation, Referenda
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Stephen Goldstein: Tallahassee lawmakers didn't cover selves in glory
A week ago, the annual scam-fest (aka the 60-day Florida Legislative session) ended. In the headiness/relief/exhaustion of the final day, some press coverage celebrated a spirit of bipartisanship in Tallahassee, suggesting that Floridians everywhere...Tags: Jeb Bush, Government, Elections, Politics, Florida Legislature
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Pakistan ex-premier's party sweeps elections
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan's powerful military and is viewed by many...
Tags: Islam, National Government, Government, Politics, Lahore (Pakistan)
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Letters to the Editor - May 13
What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...Tags: Chris Matthews, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Minority Groups, U.S. Congress, Roman Catholicism
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...Tags: Rebellions, National Government, Military Equipment, Government, Politics
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