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Navigating anti-abortion online strategy 8 Feb 2012 | 06:53 am
Updated: 6:15 p.m. EST with a clarified quote*. In the seemingly endless war over abortion rights in America, battles are waged in legislatures, in courts and, most recently, on the Internet. The st...
FCC to modernize low-income broadband Internet access program 11 Jan 2012 | 05:36 am
Pic: Flickr/Oslo in the Summertime On Monday, Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski announced changes that would modernize the agency’s Lifeline program to give greater broadb...
Local Michigan county wants to force meds on HIV criminal suspect 11 Jan 2012 | 04:38 am
Sangeeta Ghosh, assistant corporate counsel for Kent County, Mich., says should the 51-year-old man charged in two cases of failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners make bail, th...
Michigan Rep. Hoogendyk preparing to challenge Upton in 6th Congressional District? 11 Jan 2012 | 04:29 am
Former Michigan state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk is likely to announce next week that he will challenge Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in the GOP primary in August. Hoogendyk unsuccessfully challenge...
Right-wing think tank leaks salaries of Florida public employees via new website 10 Jan 2012 | 12:33 pm
The Foundation for Government Accountability logo (Photo: Facebook) The Foundation for Government Accountability debuted a new website Monday — an online database of the salaries of Florida’s public ...
Ski industry exploited ‘lax regulatory environment’ under Bush, says former Forest Service official 10 Jan 2012 | 10:05 am
Going to court may be “the best way” to resolve a dispute over water rights between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association, according to a former Forest Service ski area permit...
Arkansas AG stops anti-abortion group from introducing ‘personhood’ bill 10 Jan 2012 | 09:56 am
Photo: Personhood USA co-founder Keith Mason (Photo: personhoodusa.com) Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has blocked the state’s Personhood affiliate from introducing a bill that would defin...
Ski industry exploited ‘lax regulatory environment’ under Bush, says former Forest Service official 10 Jan 2012 | 05:05 am
Going to court may be “the best way” to resolve a dispute over water rights between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association, according to a former Forest Service ski area permit...
New Florida bill would outlaw gender- and race-based abortions 10 Jan 2012 | 03:00 am
With the beginning of session only days away, Florida legislators have been busy filing a slew of anti-abortion bills. Add yet another to the list: a measure outlawing race- and gender-based abortions...
News anchor, anti-abortion activist to be the ‘face’ of Minnesota anti-gay marriage amendment 10 Jan 2012 | 02:00 am
Kalley King Yanta, a former anchor for a Minneapolis-based television station and an anti-abortion-rights activist, has joined the Minnesota for Marriage group to anchor videos intended to convince Mi...
