On Monday, June 10, 2013, Gov. Tom Corbett held a press conference to call for an expansion to the human services block grant program introduced in a pilot program for 20 counties last year. The program lets counties spend their human service dollars on whatever programs they see fit, as opposed to having line items [...]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the chairwoman and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and House Intelligence Committee, respectively, appeared together on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, to offer a bipartisan defense for the NSA’s unprecedented-and-questionably-legal-but-unquestionably-creepy secret collection of Americans’ phone records.

Some Wisconsin lawmakers say the have concerns about the “unique relationship” created between a non-profit journalism center and the University of Wisconsin.

By Shelby Sebens | Northwest Watchdog
The Oregon Legislature is considering a proposal that urges Congress to amend the constitution to say that corporations do not have the same rights as people.
House Joint Memorial 6 tries to send a message that big money is taking over politics and that the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong in its Citizens [...]

By Shelby Sebens | Northwest Watchdog
Session isn’t over yet for the Oregon Legislature, but the partying has begun.
Last week lawmakers held their annual sine die party that featured parody videos made by their legislative staffers. It’s an annual tradition in Salem as the session nears its close. Lawmakers are on track to wrap up the [...]

By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — Gov. Sam Brownback is attempting to land some high flying feats of negotiating prowess while promoting the Kansas aviation industry at the Paris Air Show this week.
What that specifically entails, however, has yet to be seen.
Starting today, Brownback and Commerce Secretary Pat George will lead a Kansas delegation on [...]

By Calvin Thompson | Colorado Watchdog

Last weekend, I went to the Wyoming Sportsman’s Gun Show in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and for less than $20, myself and two friends were given access to one of the last truly free markets in the United States.

ALEXANDRIA—The highest court in the land has ruled that states can’t require people to prove their U.S. citizenship before registering to vote.
U.S. Supreme Court justices ruled in a 7-2 decision on Monday morning that Arizona can’t enforce its voter-approved requirement that would-be voters document their status as citizens before using a registration form under the [...]

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Two Wisconsin congressmen from different sides of the aisle have won a major victory in their campaign to award a Civil War hero with the Congressional Medal of Honor.
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act authored by U.S. Reps. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and Jim Sensenbrenner, R- [...]

By Katy Grimes | Cal Watchdog
SACRAMENTO – The California Assembly and Senate Republicans should have registered their ‘no’ votes on the budget, and packed up and gone home to their districts on Friday, instead of allowing the process to be dragged out for another 24 hours.
The Democratic supermajority not only has enough votes to pass [...]

By Rick Brundrett | The Nerve
Jackie Fowler wonders out loud if she will be able to continue offering health insurance to her employees at her Columbia office furniture store known as The Office Place.
“It’s kind of wait and see,” said Fowler, who has been in business with her husband, Lee Fowler, for about 25 years. [...]

By Dan Greenberg | The Arkansas Project
My children will be adolescents in a few years; occasionally, when I recall the way I behaved towards my parents as a teenager, I react less in happy anticipation than in horror. Too often as a teenager, in an attempt to get my way, I said things to my [...]

By Mark Smith | Maryland Reporter
Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called Edward Joseph Snowden, who recently leaked classified information about the National Security Agency, “a legend in his own mind,” and said President Obama made “a big mistake” in saying he had informed Congress about the surveillance of phone records, [...]

By Steven Horwitz | Michigan Capitol Confidential
In a replay of a drama that has taken place countless times across North America, the opponents of Walmart have teamed up to prevent a new superstore from opening in Whitehall Township.
Back Off Walmart – Not Our Town is questioning whether another Walmart is needed given that there are several [...]

By Rebecca Phillips | Freedom Foundation
It’s that time of year in Washington when things begin to emerge. Flowers bloom. The sun finally shrugs off its cloudy cloak. Students leave school for summer break, and people get out of their houses more often to enjoy the summertime splendor.
Meanwhile, there’s one group still stuck indoors: the Washington [...]

By Sunshine State News
Gov. Rick Scott and Amazon announced Thursday Amazon’s proposal to create more than 3,000 full-time jobs with benefits and more than $300 million in investment in Florida by the end of 2016.
The Fortune 500 online-only company first will seek economic development incentives to find the best site and make its investment a [...]

By Maryland Reporter.com
A large and diverse crowd usually flocks to Del. Guy Guzzone’s annual pizza party, filling the streets of his quiet Columbia neighborhood. But Senate President-for-life Mike Miller hasn’t showed up before at the event that asks only for a voluntary contribution.
So when the Senate chief popped out of his trooper-driven Crown Vic Thursday [...]

By Curt Olson | The Nerve
A Lexington County man who faced a fine of up to $10,000 after he was accused of selling $300 “pre-need” caskets without a state license had his case closed recently by the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs.
The department in a Jan. 14 letter threatened Swansea resident Mike White that [...]