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Car repair bill catches eye in Cobb chairman’s race

By Eric Stirgus June 1, 2012

Candidate Bill Byrne used campaign funds for work on his "personal car."

R.I. Sen. Algiere says legislators never got chance to debate $75-million loan guarantee for Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios

By Tom Mooney June 1, 2012

"The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios."

Voter fraud means GOP candidates in Wisconsin “need to do a point or two better” to win, GOP chairman Reince Priebus says

May 31, 2012

Because of voter fraud, Republican candidates "need to do a point or two better" to win statewide elections in Wisconsin.

Top Florida Republican backs third-party voter registration changes

By Brittany Alana Davis May 31, 2012

"More than 250 (voter registration) groups, ranging across the entire political spectrum, have filed with the state and are registering voters right now."

How much of city government does Amanda Fritz manage by budget or employee count?

By Ian K. Kullgren May 31, 2012

Says Amanda Fritz "manages less than 5 percent of city operations."

In recall, union group says Walker cut school funding to give tax breaks

May 31, 2012

Says Gov. Scott Walker "took away $1.6 billion from schools and handed it off as over $2 billion in tax breaks to the rich."

David Dewhurst says that since 1992, every Texas Republican candidate for statewide office who drew over 43 percent in a primary won their runoff

By W. Gardner Selby May 31, 2012

Says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a Republican Texas primary won the resulting runoff.

O’Malley criticizes Massachusetts job growth under Romney

By Molly Moorhead May 31, 2012

"When it comes to what little bit of job creation was happening in Massachusetts (when Mitt Romney was governor), it was happening in the public…

Barrett says Walker used a “credit card” approach to balance state budget, pushing borrowing costs into the future

By James B. Nelson May 31, 2012

To help balance the 2011-13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker used "a credit card" approach that "pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and…

Gov. Scott Walker says he has made first back-to-back payments to Rainy Day Fund in state history

By Dave Umhoefer May 31, 2012

Thanks to our policies, "for the first time in state history, we have put millions of dollars into our rainy day fund in consecutive years."

Chris Christie’s “Jersey Comeback” challenged by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman

By Bill Wichert May 31, 2012

Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation…

Josh Mandel campaign claims he ‘earned the highest possible crediting ratings as state treasurer’

By Tom Feran May 31, 2012

Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer."

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