The Illinois budget deficit is a problem that has been going on for a long time. It has become the new normal for many
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Missouri ballot initiatives: Will big-business’ interests trump voters’ interests?
Three measures in Missouri garnered enough petition signatures to make it on the November 2012 ballot, but will Missourians’ conviction be enough? With nearly
New low in voter suppression: Signature doesn’t match? No vote for you!
Here’s a creative new way to suppress voters whose ballots you’d rather not count: Turn poll workers into handwriting experts, and have them compare
Stupid legislative tricks: Missouri edition
The silly—and nasty—season in Jefferson City, Missouri came to a merciful end last night [May 18, 2012], with the customary cheers and sophomoric tossing-in-the-air
Denying global warming: How low can you go?
When Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski becomes your poster child, you’ve reached a new low. And that’s exactly what happened recently in Chicago, when the
Your casino, your loan shark
Ever since casinos became legal in Missouri in 1992, we’ve seen one broken promise after another, and now the gambling-industrial complex is doing it
Ozzie Guillen and the Electoral College
Florida Marlin manager Ozzie Guillen voiced some opinions on Cuban leader Fidel Castro and was immediately suspended by Major League Baseball for five games.
BillTrack 50: What’s up in your state legislature?
It’s about time someone created a way to keep a national watch on bills moving through state legislatures. And, fortunately, someone has. That someone
“Stand your ground” is really “Kill at will”
Gun lobbyists and their minions in state legislatures want us to believe that making it legal for people to shoot others because they feel
The costly, inconvenient financial lives of “unbanked” Americans
What would your life be like if you didn’t have a bank account? Ask a member of one of the 9 million American households