Slideshow: Felons face uphill fight to regain voting rights
Hear these individuals tell their story at votingrights.news21.com. Because of two felony convictions, for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a burglary tool, Josh Vander Kamp can’t...
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View ArticleDaily Disclosure: AFL-CIO targets Romney, Ryan and Nevada’s Heller
Workers’ Voice, the super PAC of the AFL-CIO, is going on the offensive this week with a series of direct mail and online advertisements attacking presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Attack ad backs off its harshest claim
After yanking an ad with a false claim off the air in North Dakota, Crossroads GPS is back with an amended version that is technically accurate, but still grossly misleading.The original ad claimed...
View ArticleFormer governor wins GOP Senate nod in Wisconsin
Despite a torrent of negative attacks, former four-term Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson won the state’s Republican U.S. Senate primary for the open seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl...
View ArticleStudent ID cards far from sure ticket to the voting booth
Morehouse College students can use their ID cards to buy food and school supplies, use computer labs and get books from the library, but they can’t use ID from the historic Atlanta school to vote. A...
View ArticleVoting turns into frustrating ordeal for college student
ELON, N.C. — With just a couple of weeks to go until the North Carolina primary, I was fired up and eager to vote. Amendment One was on the ballot. If passed, it would amend the state constitution to...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: Republicans say Americans bummed out by Obama
After an onslaught of overtly negative attack ads, conservative independent spending groups have taken a new tone in their criticism of President Barack Obama — disappointment.The Republican National...
View ArticleDissent among Republicans over defense spending
Grover Norquist, an influential Republican lobbyist in Washington, is advising his party's lawmakers to cut the defense budget deeply to avoid a major federal tax hike. His remarks on Monday were...
View ArticleArizona and feds clash over voter registration
Arizona, already at odds with the federal government and civil-rights groups over immigration, is adding voter ID and the Voting Rights Act to the disputes.Arizona’s voter ID law, a portion of...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: Virginia politics is for haters, not lovers
The closely watched Virginia Senate race attracted an advertising deluge by some of the 2012 election’s biggest outside spending groups Wednesday — five ads in 24 hours.The election pits former U.S....
View ArticleKentucky death case: Another black eye for state workplace safety enforcement
Around midnight on June 1, 2007, Tina Hall was finishing her shift in a place she loathed: the mixing room at the Toyo Automotive Parts factory in Franklin, Ky., where flammable chemicals were kept in...
View ArticleVoting rights battles re-emerge in the South
Raymond Rutherford has voted for decades. But this year, he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to cast a ballot.The Sumter, S.C., resident, 59, has never had a government-issued photo ID because a...
View ArticleDaily Disclosure: Crossroads GPS hits North Dakota's Heitkamp
In a one-two-punch, dark money group Crossroads GPS is back with a new ad — the second in as many weeks — hitting Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic contender for U.S. Senate in North Dakota.“Forgot”...
View ArticleGAO report supports science behind black lung rule
Research supports an Obama administration plan to reduce coal miners’ exposure to the dust that causes black lung, a much-anticipated Government Accountability Office report released Friday found.Last...
View ArticleOur new name has a familiar ring to it
The Center for Public Integrity is, once again, The Center for Public Integrity.Actually, we always have been. But in April 2011, as part of a new business plan that included a top-to-bottom redesign...
View ArticleFlorida once again at center of debate over voting rules
Florida’s hanging chads and butterfly ballots in 2000 ignited the divisive battle that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court denying an election recount, effectively declaring that George W. Bush won the...
View ArticleDisabled and elderly voters face new hurdles at polls
Sami McGinnis remembers walking into a polling place and casting her vote for the first time.“It was a wonderful feeling to have that freedom,” she said.McGinnis, 67, whose vision is impaired, gave up...
View ArticleOPINION: GOP Medicare plan means older Americans will pay more
When you look closely at GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s proposals to restructure Medicare, it’s clear he agrees with many health insurance company CEOs that Americans — especially older...
View ArticleMystery group goes after Dems in Senate races
The conservative, free-market nonprofit American Future Fund announced the release of attack ads to run in Florida and Wisconsin, battlegrounds for control of the U.S. Senate.In Florida, Democratic...
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