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Jon Huntsman says he enacted a flat tax as Utah governor

By Louis Jacobson August 12, 2011

"We created a flat tax in the state of Utah."

Plum says Virginia is shirking school funding requirements

By Sean Gorman August 12, 2011

Virginia has a responsibility to fund 55 percent of public education and is paying just 41 percent.

RNC chairman says 2012 GOP convention ‘is a Super Bowl times four’

By Aaron Sharockman August 12, 2011

The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four."

Mitt Romney gets another Pants on Fire for saying we’re ‘inches away’ from not being capitalist any more

By Louis Jacobson August 12, 2011

"We're inches away from no longer having a free economy."

Pawlenty says Obamacare is patterned after Romneycare

By Angie Drobnic Holan August 12, 2011

"Obamacare was patterned after (Mitt Romney's) plan in Massachusetts."

In Wisconsin recall race, Dem state Sen. Bob Wirch claims he helped attract employer with 800 jobs to his district

August 12, 2011

Says he "helped bring" Uline company to Kenosha area, "creating 800 local jobs."

Greater Wisconsin Political Fund says recall candidate Kim Simac was delinquent paying property taxes eight of the last nine years

By Dave Umhoefer August 12, 2011

Says GOP recall challenger Kim Simac "was delinquent paying her property taxes eight of the last nine years."

Olens: Some Georgia counties, cities lack websites, email

By Willoughby Mariano August 12, 2011

There are cities and counties in Georgia that don’t have websites, and where elected officials don’t have email addresses.

Has Gov. John Kasich veered from his vow to use turnpike proceeds for infrastructure improvements?

By Reginald Fields August 11, 2011

On how money from a possible lease of the Ohio Turnpike would be used

Gov. Rick Scott says rail would have cost state taxpayers $1 billion to build

By Amy Sherman August 11, 2011

High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin chairman Mike Tate says Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus has “screwed up counting the vote” in two consecutive elections

By Dave Umhoefer August 11, 2011

"Two elections in a row (Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus) has screwed up counting the vote"  

Sen. Codey says 1 in 5 New Jersey families has loved one with mental illness

By Caryn Shinske August 11, 2011

"One in every five families in the state of New Jersey has a loved one with a mental illness, a serious mental illness, and today,…

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