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Mayor says felonies in Atlanta lowest in decades

By Eric Stirgus February 26, 2013

Felony crimes in the city of Atlanta are the lowest they have been since 1969.

Sen. Bill Nelson says 2011 budget deal included immediate cuts

By Becky Bowers February 25, 2013

In a budget deal struck in 2011 "a trillion dollars of cuts went into effect immediately, and then a special committee was set up ...…

Broun claims parallel to Ron Paul’s voting record

By Janel Davis February 25, 2013

Says that except for foreign policy, Ron Paul’s voting record and his voting record are virtually identical.

Peter Barca says visitors can bring a gun but not pencil and paper to Assembly gallery

February 24, 2013

"You can't bring an iPad or a piece of paper and a pencil in the (Wisconsin Assembly) gallery to take notes of what's going on,"…

Barbara Buono claims New Jersey has lost half its pharma jobs to other high-tax states

By Caryn Shinske February 24, 2013

"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like…

Gary Sasse says 90 percent of $35 million in tax credits went to CVS and two out-of-state companies

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. February 24, 2013

Of six Rhode Island tax-credit programs worth about $35 million, "three companies got 90 percent of that -- CVS and two companies not even located…

Did Tim Knopp honor his pledge to eschew PERS?

By Janie Har February 23, 2013

Knopp says he upheld a campaign promise not to join the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).

Barack Obama says sequester could force prosecutors to ‘let criminals go’

By Louis Jacobson February 22, 2013

If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."

The Ohio Republican Party says Kewpee burgers would be even more of a bargain under Gov. John Kasich’s proposed sales tax cut

By Tom Feran February 22, 2013

"Kewpie burgers are delicious. An Ohio institution. And they'll cost less thanks to John Kasich's tax cut."

Do places with domestic partnerships have fewer marriages?

February 22, 2013

"In other jurisdictions where (a domestic partnership registry) has been enacted, we have seen that fewer people enter into marriage."

Barack Obama says sequester would leave ‘tens of thousands’ of parents scrambling for child care

By Becky Bowers February 22, 2013

Says if Congress doesn’t avoid the sequester, "tens of thousands of parents will have to scramble to find child care for their kids."

Cantor says U.S. paid seniors $1.2 million to play World of Warcraft computer game

By Sean Gorman February 22, 2013

"The National Science Foundation spent $1.2 million paying seniors to play World of Warcraft to study the impact it had on their brain."

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