U.S.
bushgreenwatch hits environment budget
February 13, 2004Conservation groups accused the Bush administration of singling out environmental spending for larger cuts than other domestic programs in the year 2005 budget, putting at risk environmental and public health protections under the guise of fiscal...
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20,000 Marylanders say: Save Our Schools
February 13, 2004ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Holding neon light sticks in the chill darkness and placards that read “Fund Public Schools,” parents, students, teachers and other school workers marched on the State House Feb. 9 to demand that Gov....
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National Clips
February 12, 2004NEW YORK CITY: ‘Don’t use our name’ for Patriot Act Just blocks from the crater where the World Trade Center once stood, the New York City Council voted Feb. 4 to oppose the USA Patriot Act,...
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Maine voters turn out in big numbers
February 12, 2004PORTLAND – Doug Wall attended his first-ever Democratic nominating caucus on Feb 8. Politics has never been his thing, he says. He had grown up believing that his government does the right thing, but now he...
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Rock the Vote urges Choose or lose
February 6, 2004Do you want to Rock the Vote – with MTV? Then you need to MeetUp. On Tuesday Feb. 3, in cities all across the nation, supporters of Rock the Vote and MTV’s “Choose or Lose” campaign...
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