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A Thin Line in Richmondnew
After a bloody fight at City Hall, City Manager Bill Lindsay must decide the fate of a controversial anti-gang-violence program.
East Bay Express |
John Geluardi |
11-01-2011 |
Policy Issues
The End of Family Planning in Texasnew
They say they defunded Planned Parenthood. But lawmakers' attack on family planning will cost Texas money, reduce access to healthcare and result in even more abortions.
Dallas Observer |
Anna Merlan |
10-28-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Texas, Planned Parenthood
D’Oh! Riley Critic Calls the Wrong Potential Donornew
By Tuesday morning, Riley knew the names of at least seven people who had supposedly given $5,000 or more to Citizens for a Better Charleston, an anonymous group that has been lobbing critiques at the mayor this week. The way he found out was dumb luck — or perhaps dumb fundraising.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-27-2011 |
Policy Issues
Pa. Abortion Bill 732 is Bad Medicinenew
Journalist Steve Lopez once wrote that Philadelphia is a city without pretense in a state without shame—and that was long before Harrisburg legislators stooped low enough to exploit murdered babies to push a bill into law that would result in what critics call a “back-door ban” on abortion in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
10-26-2011 |
Policy Issues
Obama's War on Weednew
In a strange about-face, President Obama tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
10-25-2011 |
Policy Issues
Dell’z Deli Owner Recovering from Stab Woundsnew
Maudell Grayson, owner of Dell’z Deli at 1A Cannon St., is recovering at home after being stabbed nine times in the arm around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, according to police and relatives.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Occupiers Plan Teach-ins, Consider General Strikenew
After a chilly first night at Brittlebank Park, Occupy Charleston protesters are going to talk with a labor union head about the possibility of a general strike like the one that started in Greece on Wednesday.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-20-2011 |
Policy Issues
Oakland Is Better Off Without Anthony Battsnew
The city's police chief talked a much better game than he played, and a recent scathing report may be the real reason for why he quit.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-19-2011 |
Policy Issues
Skateboarders Enter Confusing Legal Territorynew
Skateboarders and skateboarding sympathizers dominated the half-hour citizen participation period at Tuesday night’s Charleston City Council meeting with pleas for a change in the city’s ordinances regarding downtown skating. The impetus was a resolution from the College of Charleston student government that asked for an exception to skating prohibitions within the college campus, but non-students also spoke about uneven treatment by police and a confusing city code that allows skating on certain peninsula streets but not on others.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-17-2011 |
Policy Issues
Unspeakable Filthnew
Could government glitches let this hoarder off the hook?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
10-13-2011 |
Policy Issues
Holy Doughnew
A nonprofit controlled by a New Orleans area televangelist got $200,000 in state money to build a drug treatment center -- but no center was ever built.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
10-10-2011 |
Policy Issues
Coast Guard Ship Nabs Cocaine, Saves Stranded Jamaicansnew
It was the afternoon of July 13, and Kyle Humphrey, a seaman on the Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin, was nearly finished with his shift on lookout duty. Before leaving the flybridge, he had made one last sweep with the Big Eyes, a pair of mounted binoculars, and spotted the apparition in the wide-open blue.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
Small Steps Lead to Big Changes in LGBT Livesnew
With same-sex marriage years away in Georgia, activists can still make a difference
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Editorial Board |
10-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tax Breaks Wealthier Institutions Keep Schools Running Low on Pencilsnew
In their last legislative session, Texas lawmakers cut $4 billion from the education budget to balance state coffers, sending school districts scrambling to make up for financial shortfalls.
San Antonio Current |
Tony Cantú |
10-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
Who's afraid of #OccupyCharleston?new
If you've been following the Occupy Wall Street movement, it might be difficult for you to imagine how people would pull off something of that nature in, say, Charleston. One thing is certain, says attorney William J. Hamilton, who has been present at several of the organizing meetings: "This is going to be different than New York."
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
10-06-2011 |
Policy Issues
