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Wisconsin Republicans fast-track right-wing bills as elections loom

May 11, 2011 By John Bachtell

Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker and Republican attempts to shred union and democratic rights in Wisconsin have filed enough signatures to hold recall elections for six Republican state senators.

Consumers angry about utility rate hike plan

May 11, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Consumers are urging state lawmakers to vote against a bill that would eliminate the long-standing utility rate review process.

Obama puts immigration reform back on table

May 11, 2011 By Joel Wendland-Liu

El Paso Mayor John Cook praised the president's speech as "right on," and added that a comprehensive approach beyond just enforcement makes most sense.

At American Islamic banquet, warning about “surveillance society”

May 10, 2011 By Rick Nagin

"We now live in a surveillance society," civil liberties attorney Chip Pitts charged, "and the dangerous thing is that [it is being] taken for granted, like water is for fish."

Mississippi flood leaves hundreds homeless in Memphis

May 10, 2011 By Paul White

Hundreds of families, most of whom did not have flood insurance, have been added to the already swelling numbers of homeless in Memphis and other parts of Shelby County.