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February 09, 2012
Absentee voting begins for Illinois' primaryVoters can begin absentee voting this week for Illinois' primary election.The primary is March 20. Voters will choose candidates for state legislative and congressional seats,...
Illinois elections board moving to new officeSpringfield telephone lines for the Illinois State Board of Elections will be out of order Friday and Monday as the agency moves to new headquarters.Phones will be shut off Fr...
Immigration, election financing topics at SC forumImmigration and campaign financing are among the topics being discussed at a government forum at the Charleston School of Law.The two-day symposium scheduled to open Thursday ...
Disgraced lobbyist Abramoff in NC: DC unchangedDisgraced Washington influence-peddler Jack Abramoff is telling a North Carolina audience about the Capitol Hill corruption in which he played a role.The once powerful and not...
Georgia primary may not be a Gingrich slam dunk, Shannon MccaffreyThe Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman from the state for two decades. Rival Mitt Romney is signaling that...
Analysis: Obama contraceptive mandate has a price, Rachel ZollThe Obama administration's new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers' birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issue...
House ready to pass insider trading bill, Larry MargasakThe House is ready to pass a Republican bill to ban federal officials from insider trading, legislation that was heavily influenced by Wall Street firms that want to avoid new...
NY redistricting plan gets an earful in Queens, Michael GormleyDemocratic Sen. Michael Gianaris told a packed redistricting hearing Tuesday that the Senate's Republican majority has brought "shame" to New York by proposing blata...
Santorum captures Missouri's nonbinding primaryFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum easily won Missouri's nonbinding Republican presidential primary Tuesday, claiming momentum in his challenge against national frontrunne...
What Minnesota voters said on caucus night, The Associated PressA roundup of what some Minnesota voters had to say as they caucused Tuesday night to vote in a presidential preference poll:Cindy Showalter, a nurse from Andover, said she and...
Paul invests in Minn. in search of 1st GOP win, Brian BakstPresidential hopeful Ron Paul made his final appeal for Minnesota Republican caucus votes with drop-ins at two sites where ballots were to be cast Tuesday night.The 76-year-ol...
Kihuen exits Vegas House race, cedes seat to TitusState Sen. Ruben Kihuen announced Tuesday that he was dropping his bid to become Nevada's first Hispanic congressman after polling and fundraising numbers suggested he would h...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent EditorialsExcerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around the world:Feb. 7The Globe and Mail, Toronto, on Canadian law and HIV:At the heart of the HIV disclosure case before the Su...
Santorum hopes to build on momentum after winsRick Santorum looked Wednesday to build on his surprising victories in three Republican contests and establish himself as a serious rival to Mitt Romney for his party's nomina...
Gingrich hopes high road, new funds can save him, Charles BabingtonNewt Gingrich, suddenly in danger of losing his perch as Mitt Romney's strongest GOP challenger, is fine-tuning his presidential campaign to place more emphasis on raising mon...
Georgia primary may not be a Gingrich slam dunk, Shannon MccaffreyThe Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman from the state for two decades. Rival Mitt Romney is signaling that...
Analysis: Obama contraceptive mandate has a price, Rachel ZollThe Obama administration's new mandate that religious organizations pay for their workers' birth control has become a bludgeon for Republican culture warriors, as social issue...