AltWeeklies Wire
Isakson, Chambliss ignore votersnew

Most Georgians want better background checks, so why won't our senators let us have them?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Debbie Michaud |
05-02-2013 |
Policy Issues
Nathan Deal's HIV/AIDS Momentnew

Georgians living with disease face uncertain future without Medicaid expansion.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Cathy Woolard |
04-25-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: HIV/AIDS
Charleston Animal Society thinks outside the box to create a no-kill communitynew

Last week, a speckled brown kitten was rescued by Charleston County animal control from the south side of the Ravenel Bridge. "We get calls every spring where people say someone threw a kitten on the bridge," says Kay Hyman, the director of community engagement for the Charleston Animal Society. "No one's ever seen it actually happening really. Kittens are born all the time under that bridge, and what happens is they get spooked ... and they start moving."
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
04-24-2013 |
Policy Issues
A letter of apology to four Wilcox County High School studentsnew

On behalf of grown-ups, sorry that grown-ups can be the worst
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
04-18-2013 |
Policy Issues
S.C. public university boards have an X chromosome shortagenew

When Susan Pearlstine started campaigning to join the Medical University of South Carolina's board of trustees, she didn't imagine that the process would involve traveling to Columbia and cornering legislators in the Statehouse parking garage.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
04-18-2013 |
Policy Issues
Panetta: Drones are here to stay, get used to itnew

Leon Panetta reflects on drones, Congress and women warriors after retiring to Carmel Valley.
Monterey County Weekly |
Sara Rubin |
04-04-2013 |
Policy Issues
Sacramento vs. Seattle: A Tale of Two Kings Arena Dealsnew

What those outside of the Sacramento bubble say about the city's new arena proposal.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
03-29-2013 |
Policy Issues
Calling Their Handnew

The success of Florida's largest poker room forces the state to grapple with its addiction to gambling dollars.
Folio Weekly |
Ron Word |
03-28-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Florida Gambling, Florida Poker
Cookie-cutter legislationnew

How a corporate bill mill plays into Montana politics–and why you should care.
Missoula Independent |
Alex Sakariassen |
03-14-2013 |
Policy Issues
Why the GOP Is Killing the Post Officenew

The conventional wisdom is that the US Postal Service is closing post offices and ending Saturday service because it's broke. Don't believe it.
East Bay Express |
Jim Hightower |
03-07-2013 |
Policy Issues
Girls & Gunsnew

Creative Loafing Charlotte's female writers visit the shooting range.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ana McKenzie, Ailen Arreaza, Kimberly Lawson and Anita Overcash |
03-06-2013 |
Policy Issues
Tags: gun violence, gun debate
The Upside of the Affordable Care Actnew

The federal government is making the State of Indiana an offer that's too good to refuse: expanding Medicaid to cover more Hoosiers.
NUVO |
Linda Greene |
03-05-2013 |
Policy Issues
Repeal the 17th Amendment! Respect the wishes of dead white men!new

State lawmakers who want to repeal the 17th Amendment can't let go of the past
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Williams |
02-28-2013 |
Policy Issues
Colorado Springs media hands city an unwarranted panhandling 'win'new

Charitable gift
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
02-20-2013 |
Policy Issues
Transparency Troublenew

City of Boulder officials are increasingly resistant to coughing up open records.
Boulder Weekly |
Steve Weishampel and Jefferson Dodge |
02-15-2013 |
Policy Issues