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Heads Up: 6.14.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 14, 2007
Wait, what's Flag Day mean again, Gov. Kulongoski? Portland Oregonian Uhhhh... "McGreevey blasts wife's taste in clothes." USA Today KC Mayor Funkhouser in ...
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What's Stopping the Immigration Bill
Posted By: Josh Goodman | June 14, 2007
In 1786, Thomas Jefferson declared the United States "a country where the will of the majority is the law, and ought to be the law.&...
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Heads Up: 6.13.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 13, 2007
A rocky week for Rocky (the L.A. city attorney). LA Times A rocky week for Rocky (the SLC mayor). Tribune America's worst traffic traps. ...
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But We Still Can't Properly Fund Education?
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 13, 2007
This is an absolutely fascinating map. It renames each U.S. state with the country that has a simlar GDP. It's kind of stunning. You ...
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A Test of Standardized Tests
Posted By: Josh Goodman | June 13, 2007
SHOCKING NEWS!!!!!! The federal government has released an interesting report. That would be a Department of Education study, which reveals (or at least seems to ...
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Heads Up: 6.12.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 12, 2007
Effort launched to recall sheriff who let Paris Hilton out of jail. LA Times Playground prank + potato gun = arrested and tried as an adult. Denver ...
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Poor Management Compartmentalization
Posted By: Will Wilson | June 12, 2007
I just received a call from my cell phone service company asking if I wanted to renew my contract. I said, "No. I have ...
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Heads Up: 6.11.07
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 11, 2007
LA's Villaraigosa and his wife are splitting. LA Times New life for commuter rail in NH. Union Leader Hosting All-Star Game with cost SF $700k. ...
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What Florida Could Learn
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | June 11, 2007
Starting tomorrow, Florida lawmakers will take a swing in special session at revising the state's dozen-year-old cap on property taxes, which has led to gross ...
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Give Us Your Aquafinas, Your Deer Parks, Your Fijis
Posted By: Zach Patton | June 8, 2007
Water bottles in Oregon are about to get a little more valuable. Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed into law a measure that will require Oregon ...
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