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Georgia Immigration Bill Would Be a Job Killernew

The passing of a new house bill could lose millions for Georgia's top two industries.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Jerry Gonzalez | 02-08-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Immigration, House Bill 87, Jack Murphy, Jerry Gonzalez

Group Protests Open Carry Pizza Dinnernew

A group of 25 demonstrators protested open carry gun laws last Thursday in front of a pizza restaurant in which roughly 60 holstered patrons ate dinner.

Easy Reader | Andrea Ruse | 02-07-2011 | Policy Issues

Crimes of Punishmentnew

A top prison expert talks about human rights in jails across the nation.

Colorado Springs Independent | J. Adrian Stanley | 02-04-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Terry Maketa, ACLU, incarceration, Human Rights Watch, David Fathi, National Prison Project

Planned Personhoodnew

The pro-life movement’s newest attack on reproductive rights raises its profile in Florida.

Orlando Weekly | Billy Manes | 01-31-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Abortion, Pro-Choice, Right to Life, Reproductive Issues

Unbalancednew

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's response to Jared Loughner? Slash services from an already beleaguered mental-health system.

Phoenix New Times | Paul Rubin and Amy Silverman | 01-21-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Mental Health, Jan Brewer, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner

Tax Reform Should Benefit Everyonenew

State lawmakers must not shift the tax burden to the poor.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Sarah Beth Gehl | 01-12-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Taxes

Guarding Grandpanew

Illinois is spending money it doesn't have to keep convicts who can barely walk behind bars.

Chicago Reader | Jessica Pupovac | 01-06-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Prisons, Bill Heirens

No Eyes In The Skynew

A year after Colorado Springs cops grounded their choppers, only one thing is certain: They're not coming back soon.

Colorado Springs Independent | Chet Hardin | 01-03-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Bernie Herpin, CSPD, Darrin Abbink

Target Vandals, Not Artistsnew

Atlanta's anti-graffiti task force should leverage local talent.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Editorial Board | 01-03-2011 | Policy Issues

Tags: Tagging, Graffiti

Would Bankruptcy Save California?new

Some people seem almost to be drooling at the prospect of a state or municipal bankruptcy; a judge, they argue, could force big reductions in employee pensions.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Tim Redmond | 12-28-2010 | Policy Issues

Tags: California, Proposition 13

Budding Tax Bracketnew

Washington state wants to tax pot and its dispensary owners don’t really seem to mind.

The Inlander | Nicholas Deshais | 12-27-2010 | Policy Issues

Tags: Medical Marijuana, MMJ

Medicaid Services On The Chopping Blocknew

South Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, which administers the state's Medicaid spending, has warned state budget writers that it will have to operate in a $228 million deficit for the rest of the budget year, or stop paying doctors in March.

Charleston City Paper | Greg Hambrick | 12-09-2010 | Policy Issues

Tags: Medicaid