The rumors are true, Rep. Chad Campbell, the Democratic leader of the Arizona state House, told TPM Wednesday: the state best known for Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the toughest immigration law in the land really is a swing state in 2012. And Democrats have SB 1070 to thank for...
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We all know the depressing statistics - housing prices have fallen 33 percent since the housing bubble burst in 2008. This is an even greater decline than the drop in market value during the height of the Great Depression.
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Nov 16, 2011
Police arrested 13 protesters in Alabama's capital Tuesday as they demonstrated against the state's strict new law clamping down on illegal immigrants. About 100 people, most of them Hispanic and college-aged, chanted slogans as they marched in light rain around the state Capitol and to the adjacent Statehouse where...
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Key Republican senators say they are compiling a list of changes that need to be made to Alabama's new immigration law, described as the nation's toughest. Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, said there is wide agreement the bill had several "unintended consequences" that need to be addressed.
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The timing may be a bit odd, but the decision is just political common sense: The Senate Committee on Assignments said this morning that Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, will be Rules Committee chairman for the 2012 legislative session.
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The Birmingham Board of Education gets plenty of criticism from this newspaper for a lot of reasons we feel are warranted. It's only fitting, then, that when the city school board stands for what is right, the action be applauded.
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Alabama's new immigration law is reportedly the toughest in the nation. The law, HB 56, grants police license to question and arrest crime suspects about their immigration status, and requires renters, car buyers, and those connecting public utilities to verify their legal status, CNN reported.
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Georgia's law against illegal immigration is hurting restaurants and farmers by creating a labor shortage that results in lower sales, witnesses told a hearing Tuesday held by Senate Democrats.
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Latinos were a key factor in the defeat of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, author of the state's controversial immigration law, according to a poll taken of voters. Latinos voters supported Pearce's challenger, fellow Republican Jerry Lewis, a political newcomer, by a three-to-one margin, according to Project New West,...
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Nov 15, 2011
With growing signs that Hispanic voters are turned off to GOP positions on immigration, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is trying to use his national profile to deliver a message to his party: Tone it down.
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