Jackie Chazan - Denver Grassroots Politics Examiner - Independent

 Kansas legislators sent a bill to Gov. Sam Brownback with the strongest anti-abortion measure yet, declaring life begins at fertilization, blocking tax breaks for abortion providers, preventing Planned Parenthood and others from providing information on human sexuality in...

 Hundreds of millions of dollars approved by Congress in 2005 for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana have not been accounted for, said the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday.The money was given to homeowners to...

 Republican state legislators in North Carolina would like to implement an official state religion while declaring the state exempt from the Constitution and court rulings regarding separation of State and Church.The bill proposed on Monday says each state...

 Colorado’s prison chief was shot dead Tuesday, a day before the state’s governor signed a hard-won package of gun control measures.Tom Clements, the executive director of the Department of Corrections, answered his door...

A law intended to prevent voter fraud in a state where illegal immigrants make a substantial portion of the population goes before the Supreme Court Monday, as activists claim the law is intended to intimidate and discourage naturalized citizens from...