Following The Money: Investigation Probes Funds in Walker Recall

Subpoenas delve after information related to fundraising and organizing of Walker’s recall campaign.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

Days before Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker was set to launch his national TV book tour, his campaign and associated organizations in the state were subpoenaed for an investigation into his victorious recall campaign. While the details of the investigation have not been made public, the target of the subpoenas is information related to

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Colorado Senate President Fights To Keep His Seat Over Gun Control Support

In this gun-loving part of the country, a series of gun control laws received almost instant backlash.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In Colorado, the president of the state Senate is facing an unprecedented challenge. In light of two mass shootings in the state and the killing of elementary-school students in Connecticut, the Democratic state legislature pushed through a suite of gun control laws that banned the sale of high-capacity magazines, raised gun fees and mandated

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Efforts to recall Montana legislators over NDAA face challenges

The effort charges the legislators with violating their oaths to protect the U.S. Constitution by voting for the NDAA. Montana is currently the only state with an effort to recall federal legislators over their vote.

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
Montana Recall NDAA feature photo

Efforts to recall three Montana federal legislators for their support of the United States’ National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would face constitutional roadblocks, according to political scientists and written a legal analysis. In December, a group of Montanans began an effort to recall the state’s U.S. congressional delegation, consisting

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