Larson targets disclosures on ad funding
DENVER - State Rep. Mark Larson, R-Cortez, and two other Republicans plan to push for a law that would punish campaign committees that dodge requirements to disclose their donors.
Political fight brewing over appellate judge election in Oregon
PORTLAND — A national conservative group has begun collecting signatures to force a statewide vote on how appellate judges should be elected, after a similar measure was rejected in 2002.
Bush Puts Social Security on Summer Break
CRAWFORD, Texas -- For presidents, the dog days of summer offer an opportunity to escape the Washington, D.C., pressure cooker for some real vacation. The summer lull, when Congress slows…
Group wants judges elected by geography
A political brawl is brewing over the way Oregon chooses its top appellate judges. A national conservative group has begun collecting signatures to force a statewide vote on whether…
Spooked by the obvious
If you suddenly learned the government had reduced taxes on interest, dividends and capital gains, would you save and invest more or less? Most people would say more, because saving…
More question radio ad funding
Two more groups want to know who is supplying the money for radio ads blasting Referendums C and D, the twin measures on the November ballot. Colorado Common Cause…
Institute funding queried
Supporters of Referendum C charged Monday that the nonprofit Independence Institute has spent around $400,000 on radio ads attacking the November ballot measure. Katy Atkinson, spokeswoman for "Vote Yes…
C, D foes face complaints
The Vote Yes on C and D campaign has accused two Vote No groups of hiding their finances from public view as they campaign against the two budget-reform referendums, in…
Sparring over Ref C heats up
Supporters of Referendum C charged Monday that two conservative groups opposed to the ballot measure have broken state law by failing to disclose their campaign donors and expenses. Ref…
Who’s afraid of scientific methods?
People who consider themselves very rational argue that most disputes about what is true and what is not can be settled by calmly looking at the evidence and letting it…