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State Rep. Linda Finn says that in Rhode Island, police who encounter a young person with a gun can’t legally take it from them

By Michael McKinney April 23, 2013

Right now, if Rhode Island police come across a young person with a gun, "they really don't legally have the right to take it away…

Carlos Gimenez says Miami Dolphins are the only property tax payer in the NFL

By Amy Sherman April 22, 2013

The Miami Dolphins "are the only NFL team in the entire nation that pays property taxes."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says every national poll this year shows support for assault weapons ban

By Becky Bowers April 22, 2013

"No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."

1000 Friends says demand for public transit at all-time high in Wisconsin

By Dave Umhoefer April 22, 2013

"Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin."

Dwight Jones says his budget would lower water bills for half of Richmond homes

By Sean Gorman April 22, 2013

Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."

Ohio Public Defender’s Office says sex offender registry doesn’t improve public safety

By Tom Feran April 22, 2013

"The sex-offender registry has been around for a long time, and the research that's out there says that it has no positive impact on the…

Congress away too often, Georgia lawmaker says

By Eric Stirgus April 22, 2013

Congress has spent 66 of the first 100 days of this term in recess.

Abraham Lincoln backed slavery measures, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan says

April 21, 2013

Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."

R.I. State Rep. Michael Chippendale says guns don’t increase the risk of suicide because suicidal people will find a way to kill themselves

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. April 21, 2013

If an individual is determined "to commit suicide, the availability of a gun is not a factor" because they will find a way.

Do numbers put Multnomah Co. on par with 15th lowest cavity rate in the country?

By Janie Har April 20, 2013

Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the…

Barack Obama says a “wide majority of NRA households” supported gun legislation

By Louis Jacobson April 19, 2013

A "wide majority of NRA households ... supported this legislation" on gun background checks.

Immigrants would get free cell phones under new proposal, bloggers claim

By Angie Drobnic Holan April 19, 2013

Proposed immigration legislation would give new immigrants "a taxpayer-funded cellular phone."

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