States Still Leading Feds on Minimum Wage
Later this month, the federal minimum wage will increase to $6.65 -- hardly anywhere close to what it should be, but an improvement from where we are now.
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States Reject Abstinence-Only Funding From Federal Government
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — Skeptical states are shoving aside millions of federal dollars for abstinence education, walking away from the program the Bush adm...
Senator Bill Nelson: Abolish The Electoral College
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics
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The senator from Florida has just introduced a wide range of election reforms -- the biggest of which is getting rid of the Electoral College. Would this be a good idea, and is it even possible?
State Lawmakers Ramp Up Efforts At Gun Control
New York Times | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home
State lawmakers across the country are ramping up efforts to pass new restrictions on guns, following nearly a decade in which state legislative effor...
Circumventing the Tyranny of the Tiny Minority
David Sirota | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics
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As the federal government remains paralyzed by the Senate's tyranny of the tiny minority and unable to move significant universal health care legislation, states are trying to move into the breach.
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