AltWeeklies Wire
Winston-Salem council raises taxes and cuts managerial positions
The Winston-Salem City Council voted to raise taxes by 3.4 percent, passing a budget with significant spending cuts that is expected to result in the elimination of about a dozen professional and management jobs, delayed fleet and equipment replacement, less money for street maintenance and reductions in travel spending.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
06-25-2012 |
Politics
Kasim Reed's Gay Problemnew
Mayor Reed's aspirations are put to the test with gay marriage issue
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
James Richardson |
06-25-2012 |
Politics
ACLU lawsuit challenges second-parent adoption ban
When you’re adopting, everyone says you should submit for multiple children and not to set your heart on one kid. The process is often arduous and potentially disappointing.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
06-25-2012 |
Politics
Tags: second-parent adoption
Food stamps glitch strands thousands in N.C.
The Department of Social Services has been scrambling to fix unanticipated problems with implementing a food stamps pilot program that left thousands of Guilford County residents without access to food.
YES! Weekly |
Eric Ginsburg |
06-25-2012 |
Politics
Fast Becoming Furiousnew
After a federal scandal, some firearms dealers say they've become the scapegoats.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-20-2012 |
Politics
Green Party of Texas hopes to create viable alternativenew
David Collins walked to the front of the Hill Country cabin with a green toga draped over shirt, tie and slacks, a throwback, he said, to mankind's first republic: the Roman Senate.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-19-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Texas green party
This is Your Brain On ... Ideologynew
Exploring the psychology of politics, author Chris Mooney finds Liberal and Conservative brains function differently.
Democrats' Disappearing Actnew
The only hope for the almost-vaporized Democratic Party is that the GOP is so God-awful incompetent.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
06-14-2012 |
Politics
Broken Recordsnew
A whistle-blower complaint leads to a public-information lawsuit against the Pima County Attorney.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
06-14-2012 |
Politics
Yet again, Republicans deny women their rightsnew
The Senate Minority blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, telling women across the country that they are not entitled to the same pay as their male counterparts.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Erin Tracy-Blackwood |
06-09-2012 |
Politics
Justice Neal Boortz?new
Just what the Georgia Supreme Court needs: A draft-dodging, race-baiting dissembler who wants to do away with trials and have summary executions on Atlanta streets
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John F. Sugg |
05-30-2012 |
Politics
Lawless in Missourinew
Missouri legislators zero in on guns, gays and gags in another year of attempted lawmaking.
Poll: Ohioans Feeling Less Crappy About Their Livesnew
It's been a tough four years for folks in Ohio. Jim Tressel went down, Casey Anthony may or may not have made the Buckeye state her home, jobs have been hard to come by, and Ohio is neck-and-neck with Florida in everyone's favorite game, Ohio or Florida?
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
05-10-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Ohio
Campaign Veilnew
Who is 'Who Is Stacey Lawson?'
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
05-03-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Stacey Lawson
Lawmakers Exempted ALEC by Name in S.C. Lobbying Lawnew
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a special interest group that writes laws favorable to its corporate sponsors, is specifically exempted from lobbying regulations in South Carolina’s ethics laws.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-27-2012 |
Politics
