AltWeeklies Wire
Arizona Capitol Chatternew
The Arizona Legislature wants to end Project White House, stop voters from hiking taxes, and sample urine from the unemployed.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
03-09-2012 |
Politics
Style and experience set apart conservative candidates in N.C. District 74 GOP primarynew
Forsyth County Republican voters will get the opportunity to choose among three conservatives, including two experienced politicos and one newcomer, in the primary contest to determine who succeeds Rep. Dale Folwell in NC House District 74.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-08-2012 |
Politics
Indiana Supreme Court Sausage Festnew
Without a woman on its Supreme Court, Indiana is an outlier on gender diversity - in the company of only Idaho and Iowa.
Greensboro Residents make noise about proposed ordinancenew
Greensboro City Council won’t vote on proposed changes to the city’s noise ordinance until March 6, but residents are already fired up.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
03-05-2012 |
Politics
Arms Over Medsnew
Conservatives in the Arizona legislature want guns galore on campus -- but not a whiff of weed.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-04-2012 |
Politics
Muslim parents and Guilford schools join forces against bullyingnew
Karen Mujali sat at a table apart from her three children, who crowded into a booth at Nazareth Bread Co. Bakery and Restaurant with the children of the restaurant and bakery's owner on a recent Friday night.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
03-04-2012 |
Politics
The Starting Gatenew
The race to finish Gabrielle Giffords' term is formally under way.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
03-03-2012 |
Politics
Durham DA Tracey Cline's fate awaits Friday rulingnew
Cline testified: "Even though this has been difficult, I promised to do what was right. And after doing all that I could do, I had to protect the people of Durham County."
What the Retirement of Olympia Snowe Really Meansnew
Olympia Snowe is leaving the U.S. Senate, in a move that apparently surprised even her own staff. It changes the political landscape in Maine and around the country.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
02-29-2012 |
Politics
Tree cuts anger Fisher Park residentsnew
Kay Lovelace stood under a small tree, only a few feet over her head, on Olive Street in Greensboro’s Fisher Park neighborhood. Looking up at it and pointing to where it had been cut back from the power line, she said, "I planted this pear tree."
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
02-27-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Fisher Park
Voting Rights and Wrongsnew
El Paso County seen as a 'model' in Colorado, a state where clerks' practices look ugly.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
02-26-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Voting in El Paso County
Mayor for Lifenew
Otis Wallace, Florida City's "mayor for life," is corrupt with power.
Miami New Times |
Michael E. Miller |
02-23-2012 |
Politics
The Gulf of Hollandnew
Two weeks ago, Steve Holland set the internet afire when news broke of his bill to stop calling the large body of water to our south the Gulf of Mexico and start calling it the Gulf of America.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-23-2012 |
Politics
A Newt Dawnnew
A small print shop takes it in the Fannie (Mae) after the Gingrich campaign blows out of town with unpaid bills in its wake.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-21-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Election 2012, Newt Gingrich
