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  • The debate that won’t happen

    Even though the West is supposed to be a key battleground in this year’s election, so far the presidential candidates have managed to avoid addressing Western issues.

    by Ed Quillen, Jul 21, 2008

  • Don't fence Western Republicans in

    Some moderate Western Republicans, tired of being penned up behind rigid ideological fences, are rebelling against the hard-line elements of their party.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Jul 18, 2008

  • Can the West become the new South?

    Boosters of a Western primary hope it could give the Interior West a greater voice in the politics of Washington, D.C.

    by Jonathan Thompson and Paul Krza, Oct 30, 2006

  • Why did Norton really leave Interior?

    If outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton didn’t receive a push out the door, she certainly deserved one after her involvement in the sleazy Jack Abramoff scandal

    by Jon Margolis, Aug 07, 2006

  • Congress and Indians spar over lost money

    Sen. John McCain proposes a way to settle the long-running scandal over missing Indian trust-account funds, but Blackfoot banker Elouise Cobell remains wary

    by Daniel Kraker, Aug 22, 2005

  • Bedrock environmental law takes a beating

    Congressman Richard Pombo’s task force tears into the National Environmental Policy Act

    by Laura Paskus, Aug 22, 2005

  • Where do we go from here? Taking the West Forward

    HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the paths toward positive results on everything from energy development and drought to federal agency practices and endangered species.

    by Staff, Dec 06, 2004

  • 'Green elephants' abandon Bush

    The grassroots group Republicans for Environmental Protection withholds its endorsement from President Bush, citing his "deliberately anti-environmental, anti-conservation" record

    by Geordie Romer, Oct 25, 2004

  • Arizona elections stay 'clean'

    Big business tries to challenge Arizona’s pioneering Clean Elections program, but the public campaign-finance program prevails

    by Joshua Zaffos, Aug 30, 2004

  • Of global warming and White House elephants

    The Bush administration needs to start dealing with global climate change, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may help to point the way

    by Jon Margolis, Jul 19, 2004
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