Montana Lawmakers and Others Flex Their States’ Rights Muscles
Filed under: Health Care ReformCritics say some federal laws deserve to be overturned. But Montana's governor questions state legislators who are challenging Washington. They have no 'logical, coherent legal argument,' he says. Permalink |&nb...
Montana Governor Schweitzer Bars Park Service from Slaughtering Bison
Filed under: EnvironmentGov. Brian Schweitzer, third-generation Montana rancher: 'This is a buffalo, OK. This is not a human. But I care about them, too. I feel a special responsibility.' Permalink | Email this | Linking B...
Second Amendment Case: Law Student Sues Idaho University to Keep Guns
Filed under: Education, Guns, LawAaron Tribble, who lives in student housing, says a school rule mandating his guns be stored with campus police violates his constitutional rights. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs&n...
Idaho GOP Pushes Bill to Make Health Care Reform ‘Null and Void’
Filed under: Republicans, Supreme Court, Analysis, Health Care ReformRepublican lawmakers in Idaho are out in front of the states' rights movement to use an obscure legislative motion to nullify federal health care reform. Permalink | Em...
Feds Surge Forward on Solar Projects in the Southwest
Filed under: Environment, Energy, EconomyThe Obama administration is facilitating new solar energy projects in the desert Southwest, but opposition is coming from some unexpected places. Permalink | Email this | Linking Bl...
Patty Murray Holds Slim Lead Over Dino Rossi in Washington Senate Race
With 62 percent of the state reporting, Sen. Patty Murray leads Republican challenger Dino Rossi by 14,000 votes. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Republican Raul Labrador Upsets Blue Dog Walt Minnick in Idaho
To win reelection in a conservative district, the Democrat Minnick gambled on negative advertising, and lost. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Chris Dudley Leads, Barely, as Oregon Gubernatorial Race Goes Into OT
Filed under: Governors, 2010 ElectionsThe former NBA player has an edge of about 1 percent over Democrat John Kitzhaber in Oregon's closest gubernatorial election since 1956. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&n...
Idaho’s Minnick Defends His Blue Dog Record Against Challenger Labrador
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans, Obama Administration, Congress, Conservatives, CampaignsIncumbent Rep. Walt Minnick outflanked conservative Raul Labrador in a Thursday debate by proposing that TSA be privatized and that congressional salari...
New Poll Has Raul Labrador and Walt Minnick Essentially Tied in Idaho
Filed under: Poll Watch, 2010 ElectionsA new Mason-Dixon poll has the Republican within the margin of error against the incumbent Blue Dog Democrat. But Labrador's good news must vie for attention with another advertising controversy. Permalink&nb...
Grassroots, Guns and Freedom: Tea Party Express Bus Rolls Into Nevada
Filed under: Guns, Campaigns, Tea PartyA crowd of 1,500 gathers around an eagle-shaped hot air balloon and listens to Sarah Palin as the Tea Party Express kicks off its 30-city tour in Reno. Permalink | Email this | Linking&nbs...
