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Komen reversal allows sighs of relief

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 CST

Women's health advocates in southeast and central Ohio are hoping that the flap over breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood don't set back their cause.

Rep. Gibbs, in first 7 months, attacks regulation, taxes

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT

U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs displaced incumbent Zack Space in 2010 during the race for Ohio's 18th Congressional district seat. Now with seven months in office under his belt, Gibbs claims he's on his way t

Both area's congressmen vote for debt compromise

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 CDT

Both U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, and U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, voted in favor of the debt ceiling compromise that was signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, the deadline for the

Two local congressmen not budging on debt, taxes

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 CDT

As Washington careens toward the Aug. 2 deadline to raise the national debt ceiling and avoid an unprecedented default that could lower the United States' credit rating, this area's two members of Congress reiterated national Republican calls for deep spending cuts.

Tax myths and tall tales

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 CDT

Editor's note: In this piece, prepared for members of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David Cay Johnston reviews nine tax myths that hardly anyone knows about, including the ideas that poor people don't pay taxes and that rich people are overtaxed.

New rep: Repealing ‘Obamacare’ a top priority

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 CST

With the new Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers are looking to make good on campaign promises to “repeal and replace” the health-care reform legislation that Democrats passed in 2010.

Arizona is rushing toward wrong side of history

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 CDT

Young people were not the only ones to take a powerful stance that week; several hundred indigenous peoples from throughout the world rallied at the Tucson Immigration Department Headquarters, protesting Arizona's new racial profiling law.

Fasting immigrants recall Arizona border odyssey

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 CDT

More than 40 other people, including teenagers and young students, joined Gonzalez in a 72-hour fast, an act of protest by immigrants here and in other parts of the country to call for an immigration overhaul. Along with their advocates, community leaders and elected officials, the immigrants ended their fast Saturday aternoon, June 5.

Space no, Wilson yes on health care

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 CDT