Election concerns won out over those of the environment and health in Colorado today as Democrats there pulled two controversial initiatives from the ballot on the day of the deadline for submission. The initiative would have severely restricted the use of fracking to draw natural gas from its location in shale deposits. The measures would […]
After failing to bring enough conservative members of the U.S. House on board, GOP leaders abandoned their $659 million border bill vote on Thursday. With Democrats opposing the bill and a large number of Republicans opposed to sending more fuinds to the White House for the bill, the vote was tabled, House Republicans will meet […]
ANCHORAGE — Backers of the ballot initiative to end marijuana prohibition in Alaska have added, “Our opponents AGREE!” to ads they launched earlier this week that highlight the relative safety of marijuana compared to alcohol. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol updated the ads, which appear on the sides and rears of city buses, […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Political scientists have long wondered whether city governments in the U.S. are really responsive to their voters. Aren’t local governments simply mired in machine politics, or under the sway of local big-money interests? Does ideology matter? Now a uniquely comprehensive study co-authored by an MIT political scientist has produced a pair of distinctive […]