Can $250,000 buy a senator?
By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsIn the aftermath of Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary in Nebraska, campaign finance watchdogs are concerned about...
By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsIn the aftermath of Tuesday's Republican U.S. Senate primary in Nebraska, campaign finance watchdogs are concerned about...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012
By Michael BeckeliWatch NewsFor the second time in two weeks, super PACs will play a major role in determining the outcome of a U.S. Senate primary ...
Stephanie Schriock | Posted 05.10.2012
Women legislators recognize the difference between legislating for women and families and legislating at them. When more women hold office it changes the conversation. It changes from a conversation about women to a conversation with women -- and that difference is huge.
El Chanclaso | Posted 04.25.2012
I'm sending Governor Chris Christie a flying chancla for vetoing a marriage equality bill and contending that the people of New Jersey should vote on the matter.
Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 03.25.2012
Governors have the responsibility to protect the safety of their citizens. If the plant accidentally releases radiation, the governor takes immediate action, ordering an evacuation, issuing iodine pills. But the governor had no power to prevent an accident in the first place.
Paul Abrams | Posted 03.10.2012
Romney's entire premise that as a businessman, he knows how to create jobs as chief executive in government, is phony.
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 02.15.2012
Why does corruption seem to thrive in our wonderful state (and my native Chicago!), and what can citizens do to stop it?
Barbara Lee | Posted 11.23.2011
Granholm is an important role model for women who want to run for office. When the world is changing, it's not gender that matters, but the quality of ideas and leadership that will carry the day.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.07.2011
The silly season has come early to Washington, it seems. The root cause is a simple fact of American politics these days -- sometimes, there just can't be transparency.
Posted 08.09.2011
Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker has recently come under fire after the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported that he and first lady Tonette...
Fred Silberberg | Posted 07.27.2011
Much attention has been given in the last two weeks to the disclosure that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with the ...
Amy B. Dean | Posted 06.07.2011
We must act differently, earning lasting support from the public by showing, in concrete and local fashion, how much the labor movement serves the public good.
The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011
Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-PayerBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Vermont is poised to abolish most forms of private he...
AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.25.2011
CHICAGO — Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge on Monday to bar prosecutors from playing any FBI wiretap recordi...
Rich Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011
Dear Governor Bentley, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you today. As a leader of Congregation Temple Isaiah in Culver City, California I fee...
Mother Jones | � Andy Kroll | Posted 05.25.2011
Responding to criticism she received after the January 8 Tucson shootings, Sarah Palin referred to death threats she and her children have received, s...
Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011
This documentary deals with the fall of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who while in office, used an escort service that charged upwards of $2...
Georgia Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
Focusing on the challenges that face us but assuring us that we have what it takes to meet these difficulties, Governor Brown articulated a clear, honest and mature message.
Gothamist | [1] | | Posted 05.25.2011
Does this mean there won't be tablescapes? The unusual situation of having a divorced Governor-elect has pundits wondering the role of his famous (and...
nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011
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AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — Andrew Cuomo (KWOH'-moh) has been sworn into office as New York's 56th governor in a private ceremony. His father, former Gov. M...
AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — His profile is suddenly higher than the rent. An unknown candidate named Jimmy McMillan was the breakout star in New York's gubernat...
nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY - Carl Paladino's best chance to turn around his staggering campaign comes tomorrow night in a face-to-face debate with rival Andrew Cuomo. ...
Wade Norris | Posted 05.25.2011
An interesting thing is going on in the states where Republican Governors are being sworn in to replace their Democratic predecessors. From Meteor Bl...
Karl Frisch | Posted 05.25.2011
Fox News did more than just about anyone to weaken President Obama, peel off Senate seats and wrestle control of the House from Democrats.
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012