AL: No way to choose a judge »
In a serious setback for justice in Alabama, primary voters chose Roy Moore to be their candidate for chief justice of the State Supreme Court in November. He is now the odds-on favorite to win. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AL: No way to choose a judge »
In a serious setback for justice in Alabama, primary voters chose Roy Moore to be their candidate for chief justice of the State Supreme Court in November. He is now the odds-on favorite to win. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AK: Alaska labor commissioner announces retirement »
Alaska labor commissioner Click Bishop, in a retirement letter to Gov. Sean Parnell, says his family looks forward to having him home full time. He requests his retirement be effective March 23. The letter is dated March 9. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AK: Alaska labor commissioner announces retirement »
Alaska labor commissioner Click Bishop, in a retirement letter to Gov. Sean Parnell, says his family looks forward to having him home full time. He requests his retirement be effective March 23. The letter is dated March 9. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AK: Senate passes Egan’s real estate measure »
The Alaska Senate on Wednesday passed a bill sponsored by the committee chaired by Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
Georgia Senate approves limits on protests »
MANAGEMENT BEAT: A new measure would ban mass pickets at private residences and near businesses and impose penalties. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
Tennessee Republicans see threat in U.N. plan »
TODAY’S TAKE: Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives say a 20-year-old United Nations program for sustainable development is “destructive and insidious.” Stateline.org RSS – Politics
Tennessee Republicans see threat in U.N. plan »
TODAY’S TAKE: Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives say a 20-year-old United Nations program for sustainable development is “destructive and insidious.” Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AZ: Making cronyism state’s official public policy »
How would you react if you heard about a politician who got a longtime government employee fired because he’d promised the guy’s job to the nincompoop nephew of a big campaign donor? Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AZ: Making cronyism state’s official public policy »
How would you react if you heard about a politician who got a longtime government employee fired because he’d promised the guy’s job to the nincompoop nephew of a big campaign donor? Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AZ: Legislation would push Brewer to negotiate tax deal with Amazon »
A House panel on Wednesday approved legislation designed to get Gov. Jan Brewer to negotiate the same kind of tax-collection deal with Amazon.com that her counterparts elsewhere have obtained. Stateline.org RSS – Politics
AZ: Union business, on the taxpayers’ dime »
PHOENIX — Sal DiCiccio says he’s sorry. It is, he says, no excuse that the complex labor contracts that he, as a member of the city council, voted to ratify for city employees were presented to the council less than a week before the vote. He says he should have seen that the contracts contain [...]
AL: Senate OKs plan to steer BP fines to 5 Gulf states »
The Senate approved a highway bill yesterday that includes a long-sought provision for the Gulf Coast: a guarantee that 80 percent of the fines collected from the April 2010 BP oil spill —an amount that could reach $ 20?billion — would be distributed for coastal restoration to the five states along the Gulf of Mexico: [...]
AR: Democratic Party sues to remove Smith from ballot »
The state Democratic Party filed a lawsuit today to remove the name of a convicted felon from the state ballot. Stateline.org RSS – Politics