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Wisconsin is a land of thrifty cheeseheads, angry labor bosses and sore Democratic losers, hardly typical of everywhere else, but Tuesday night it might tell the rest of us something about November.

The results of a referendum on whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker will say whether it's possible ...

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Wisconsin is a land of thrifty cheeseheads, angry labor bosses and sore Democratic losers, hardly typical of everywhere else, but Tuesday night it might tell the rest of us something about November.

The results of a referendum on whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker will say whether it's possible ...

The most recent polls predict Walker will win between 50-54% of the vote, while they have his Democratic opponent earning between 42-47%. In 2010, Walker won by 52-47%.

Recall Election Overview: Why is their a recall election in Wisconsin? Read More

2012 Wisconsin Presidential Election Profile: What are Romney chances at winning. Tea party still kicking in WI? Read More

Tea Party resurgence in Wisconsin looking strong: May 14th, 2012 Update. Read More

Wisconsin Recall Election Reading List originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 at 08:00:55.

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WASHINGTON — The results of an investigation into a deadly tour bus crash in New York last year that killed 15 passengers and helped prompt a crackdown on rogue bus operators by federal regulators are about to be released.

The five-member National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet Tuesday to ...

California voters can head to the movies Tuesday to watch "Snow White and the Huntsman," or turn up at the ballot box to see something not much different: "Dianne Feinstein and the 23 Dwarfs."

A voter-approved overhaul of California's election procedures has resulted in a whopping 24 candidates vying for ...

Mitt Romney recently pledged to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which receives $450 million a year and helps fund PBS and NPR. Romney reasonably stated:

If politicians are sincerely interested in cutting costs at the federal level and balancing the budget they should be willing to start where the choices are easy. Plenty of opportunities exist for legislators to cut budget dollars where the end recipient could reasonably replace the lost money by their own means. If congressional leaders are unwilling to cut where it is easy to do so, how will they ever make tough decisions when they must cut where they do not want to?

One such example that congress should cut funding to is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB. The CPB receives federal money which it then disperses to public radio and television stations, most notably Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR). The money lost from public funding could likely be recaptured - if not exceeded - by implementing a market-driven approach to raising capital. Read More

Defund Elmo? Yes, please. originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 at 00:40:06.

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Mitt Romney recently pledged to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which receives $450 million a year and helps fund PBS and NPR. Romney reasonably stated:

If politicians are sincerely interested in cutting costs at the federal level and balancing the budget they should be willing to start where the choices are easy. Plenty of opportunities exist for legislators to cut budget dollars where the end recipient could reasonably replace the lost money by their own means. If congressional leaders are unwilling to cut where it is easy to do so, how will they ever make tough decisions when they must cut where they do not want to?

One such example that congress should cut funding to is the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or CPB. The CPB receives federal money which it then disperses to public radio and television stations, most notably Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR). The money lost from public funding could likely be recaptured - if not exceeded - by implementing a market-driven approach to raising capital. Read More

Defund Elmo? Yes, please. originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 at 00:40:06.

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RENO, Nev. — A firefighting aircraft crashed into rugged terrain near the Utah-Nevada border as it dropped retardant on a 5,000-acre wildfire, killing the two Idaho men on board.

The air tanker went down Sunday afternoon in the Hamblin Valley area of western Utah, Bureau of Land Management officials said. ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed cutting the penalty for public possession of a small amount of marijuana, a change in state law that could defuse some criticism of the New York Police Department's "stop-and-frisk" policy in minority communities.

With three weeks remaining in the legislative session, ...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Picking 12 people to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate in the child-molestation case that brought down legendary coach Joe Paterno and scandalized Penn State could prove a monumental task in a county where practically everyone went to the university, or works there, or knows someone there or is ...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the world's top developers will soon compete to propose a convention center and casino in or close to New York City, possibly including Manhattan or the Belmont racetrack.

The process may take more than a year and depends on voters approving a ...