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  • New Mexico Greens lose steam

    The recent decline in support for the New Mexico Green Party seems to have no effect on the hopes of its candidates or the anxiety of the state's Democratic party, which sees the Greens as spoilers.

  • A crossed heritage in the modern West

    How did the Republican Party cease being the party of conservation, and why do Westerners continue to give it their support?

  • Democrats kick back

    An introduction to the special election issue says that voting should be less predictable in the West this year.

  • The politics of growth

    Almost every major election in Arizona is up for grabs this year, along with a rash of ballot initiatives, and some observers hope the state can pull out of its headlong rush into uncontrolled growth and development.

  • Conservation vote groups optimistic

    Ed Zuckerman of the Federation of State Voter Conservation Leagues says environmentalists should not despair over the recent elections, because grassroots conservation groups did very well at the local level

  • Excerpts from Gov. Dave Freudenthal’s inaugural speech Jan. 6, as he took office

    New Gov. Dave Freudenthal talks about the challenges and opportunities that Wyoming faces

  • Election "94 postmortem

    Environmentalists' nightmares come true in "94 election.

  • Goodbye, New West; hello lords of yesterday: Dispatches from the field

    Reporters give state-by-state election results for the West.

  • Governor overrules voters

    Republican Gov. Fife Symington overrules Arizona voters on takings legislation.

  • Trimming pork the green way

    The Green Scissors Report offers environmental suggestions for trimming federal budget.

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