The Budget Crisis in Michigan Puts Democracy on the Chopping Block

3/1/2012   When the city of Pontiac in Michigan ordered the shutting down of its fire department in December, Councilman Kermit Williams found all about it in the morning paper. This was only one is a chain of sweeping realignments for the city, where the elected government has been substituted by one individual with extraordinary […]

Gov. Deal has No Plans of Changing Immigration Law

3/1/2012   Gov. Nathan Deal said on Tuesday that he was not seeking any changes to the new anti-illegal immigration law of Georgia despite of its unintended outcomes, which include a shortage of migrant farm workers. The Republican governor, who signed the measure into law in May of last year, pointed out that some parts […]