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Published June 04, 2012
While some, frustrated by the high U.S. unemployment, want punishment doled out to China, others say protectionism only hurts the consumers who are forced to pay more.
Published May 17, 2012
Asparagus growers in eastern Washington State are scrambling to find enough workers to cash in on their crop’s rising popularity without much success. “We have a labor shortage, pure and simple,” says Dan Fazio of the Washington Farm Labor Association.
Published May 14, 2012
While much of the talk following President Obama's endorsement last week of same-sex marriage has focused on how it may impact his re-election chances, advocates on both sides of the heated issue are claiming it could help their cause at the state level.
Published May 09, 2012
With terrorism fears heightened following the discovery of another plot to blow up a plane using an underwear bomb, the American Civil Liberties Union is trying to have one of the government’s tools against terrorism ruled unconstitutional.
Published May 03, 2012
Democratic lawmaker Dennis Kucinich is a politician without a home. When Ohio lost two House as a result of the 2010 census, Kucinich was forced to run in the newly created 9th Congressional District and lost in a March primary.
Published April 09, 2012
After 61 pure bison were relocated from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana, the Native Americans who received them -- along with conservationists -- have found themselves pitted against ranchers and farmers.
Published April 06, 2012
As Catholics around the world observe Good Friday and prepare for their most holy day Easter Sunday, the U.S. military is facing a crises in faith. The number of Catholic chaplains has plummeted nearly in half the last decade leaving thousands of soldiers going months without seeing a priest.
Published March 29, 2012
Crews are making progress on a wildfire that has killed two people in the mountains southwest of Denver and scorched 4,100 acres.
Published March 07, 2012
Wind farms in the Pacific Northwest -- built with government subsidies and maintained with tax credits for every megawatt produced -- are now getting paid to shut down as the federal agency charged with managing the region's electricity grid says there's an oversupply of renewable power at certain times of the year.
Published March 02, 2012
For the first time in decades, Republican caucus-goers in Washington state may have a real say in who runs for president.