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IRS report details targeting of conservative groups
As the U.S. Attorney General ordered a criminal probe into how the IRS targeted more conservative groups, a newly released report detailed how one unit at the tax agency created a "Be On the Lookout" list for tea party type groups applying for tax exempt status. The Inspector General that ...
FBI posts photo of three from Benghazi
As the political battle over the deaths of four Americans last year in Benghazi, Libya was heating up again in Washington, D.C., the FBI on Wednesday released pictures of three men who were at the U.S. compound that was attacked on September 11, 2012, looking for clues on those responsible ...
APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.
Cerabino: Tourism officials say shelve, shove new law requiring foreign tourists get International Driver License
The concerned phone calls and emails started a few days ago. “There was a real hoo-hah going on,” said Leslee Rutman, a Wellington snowbird from the suburbs of Toronto. Her Canadian friends and family were warning her about the new Florida law, the one that was the subject of a ...
ISUE4U: Georgia sued over banned vanity plates
Issuing vanity license plates now may officially be more trouble than it’s worth. Hours after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a story last week about the state’s arbitrary approval process of vanity license plates for motor vehicles, two free-speech lawyers filed a lawsuit against Robert G. Mickell, the commissioner of the ...
Former Florida GOP leaders say voter suppression was reason they pushed new election law
A new Florida law that contributed to long voter lines and caused some to abandon voting altogether was intentionally designed by Florida GOP staff and consultants to inhibit Democratic voters, former GOP officials and current GOP consultants have told The Palm Beach Post. Republican leaders said in proposing the law ...
The non-United States of America
Citizens in all 50 states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. So what would the map look like if everyone decided to become their own country? We have the answer.
Federal healthcare exchange could mean losing local voice
With the President’s re-election comes the need for states to definitively decide whether they will create their own health care exchange or default to one set up by the federal government. And while Florida Governor Rick Scott now says he is “open for discussion” with the federal government, a softer ...
Thrasher: party needs to change its tone
It won’t be a change of message, but may be a change of tone. “We really want to ensure that everyone is welcome in the Republican Party,” says State Senator John Thrasher. Reflecting on Governor Mitt Romney’s loss to President Obama, Thrasher says it was a tough battle that dates ...
Tea Party expects momentum from General Election results
They put boots on the ground, and now Jacksonville Tea Party activists expect even more activity by the next election cycle. But that comes with a likely change in strategy. First Coast Tea Party founder Billie Tucker says the GOP didn’t really involve the Tea Party in strategy, but rather ...
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