Calif. Decision Puts Marriage Politics In Spotlight
The 9th Circuit Court’s 2-1 decision Tuesday to strike down California’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional could propel the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court. It also promises to inject marriage politics into an election year during which states from New Jersey to Minnesota to Washington will grapple with the issue of gay citizens’ [...]
In South Carolina, Dead-Voter Fraud Doesn’t Quite Live Up To Fears
South Carolina’s suit against the Department of Justice over the state’s new voter ID law comes amid a big to-do in the state over whether hundreds of “dead” voters cast ballots in past elections. The issue has been used by ID supporters as evidence that voter fraud in the state is a serious problem. But [...]
Detroit To Parents: Time To Get Involved in Education
In Detroit, officials say they are trying everything they can to revive the city’s public school system, from replacing dilapidated buildings to hiring new school leaders. Detroit Public Schools is also focusing on a neglected piece of the education equation: parents. The effort to involve parents in public education in Detroit focuses on a lot [...]
Why Missouri Voters Have The ‘Beauty Contest’ Blues
There’s no waiting in line at O’Fallon City Hall. A half-dozen election volunteers have been eagerly hoping that more people will turn up for Tuesday’s Republican primary. After five hours, they’ve seen a grand total of 33 voters. Normally, the City Hall precinct gets about 250 people to turn out for a primary. “We haven’t [...]
Meaningless In Missouri? Not In Santorum’s View
For an election that shouldn’t matter on paper, Missouri’s primary on Tuesday may carry a lot of weight. The state’s Republican electorate tends to be both populist and conservative. That could give former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who has campaigned in Missouri the most — and the most recently — among GOP presidential candidates, the [...]
Romney Campaign Preemptively Downplays MN, CO And MO Contests
Mitt Romney’s campaign had a message Tuesday for those who would try to stop his forward momentum to the Republican presidential nomination — he’s got this. Oh, and Tuesday’s contests really don’t add up to much of anything really. Romney’s campaign made available to the world a memo by political director Rich Beeson in which [...]
Rotavirus Vaccine Doesn’t Boost Risk of Intestinal Problem
When a vaccine for rotavirus debuted in 1998, it was hailed as a huge plus for children’s health. Before that, rotavirus killed more than 400,000 young children a year worldwide by causing severe diarrhea. Problem solved? Not quite. Shortly after the Rotashield vaccine was introduced, doctors noticed an increase in cases of a serious intestinal [...]
Why Bother With Caucuses?
Republican voters in Colorado and Minnesota Tuesday will engage in the truly American political invention called the caw-cawaasough. Make that the “caucus,” the oft-maligned system in which party members gather to discuss and declare their preferences for a candidate by scribbling a name on a piece of paper for hand-count by party officials. Why maligned? [...]
Alabama’s Immigration Law May Get A Second Look
Whoever said “all P.R. is good P.R.,” probably never had dozens of protesters gathered in front of the office calling them Hitler. That’s what happened during a recent lunchtime in the Birmingham, Ala., business district, as students from several local colleges held a mock funeral in front of a bank. They accuse the company of [...]
UC Students Propose Alternative To Tuition Increases
Chris LoCascio, a junior at UC Riverside, feared there was no end in sight for tuition increases at the University of California. The state kept cutting subsidies, students kept protesting, but no one had any answers. So he and other students decided to turn the discussion on its head. What if “instead of charging students [...]
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