http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16422 A detailed graph sums up the status of the current "takings’ initiative campaigns in six Western states No publisher Ray Ring Communities Land Use and Planning Elections Takings ballot initiatives land use rules planning libertarian movement Private Property Rights Protection Act Arizona HOPE Protect Our Homes Act Anderson Initiative Arizona Initiative 21 California Proposition 90 Private Property Rights Protec 2011-12-08T21:49:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16529 Worried about falling poll numbers, some Republicans, led by Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, are resisting some of the Bush administration’s more far-reaching attacks on environmental protection No publisher Jon Margolis Elections Congress Republican Party Democratic Party 109th Congress Endangered Species Act offshore drilling National Environmental Policy Act George W. Bush Bush environmental policy Roadless Area Protection Rule Bill Clinton David Alberswerth The Wilderness Soc 2011-11-30T19:13:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16515 Across the West, anti-government activists from out of state are funding ballot measures that attack government spending and the judiciary as well as land-use planning No publisher Randy Stapilus Elections Libertarians Montanans in Action Stop OverSpending Nebraska anti-government activists Oregon Measure 48 Oregonian Howie Rich Montana Initiative 97 Americans for Limited Government TABOR Lee Thielen Taxpayers Bill of Rights government spending 2011-11-30T18:58:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16433 The Democratic bloggers on the netroots seem to be prone to wildly optimistic self-delusion – and then again, maybe they’re not so crazy after all No publisher Jon Margolis Media Elections DCCC Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee netroots bloggers Democrats Republicans liberals Internet Web Wikipedia John Kerry George W. Bush elections Congress Howard Dean Heather Wilson Bob Beauprez Marilyn Musgrave Tom Tancredo 2011-11-21T22:47:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/326/16415 In Missoula, Mont., and other Western communities, activists search for the winning formula to pass new open-space bonds in November No publisher Brianna Randall Politics Elections Land Use and Planning Open space bonds elections land use and planning ballot measures initiatives taxes Trust for Public Land Amanda Smith The Nature Conservancy mill levies property taxes Karen Messmer niche taxes Tim Raphael Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund 2011-11-21T22:27:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16545 The nation may be intrigued by the contest between incumbent Republican Rep. Heather Wilson and New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, but the New Mexicans who will actually vote in the election seem fairly disinterested. No publisher Laura Paskus Social Security Republican Party Heather Wilson administration Elections U.S. House of Representatives New Mexico politics Tom DeLay Bush Pete Domenici minimum wage election Democratic Party New Mexico attorney general Iraq war issues Patricia Madrid 2010-10-26T22:29:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16543 Even Montanans critical of Sen. Conrad Burns admit he’s a genius at bringing home the pork – a fact that may make it harder for his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, in the November election. No publisher Ray Ring State University pork funding NASA Jon Tester Democratic Party Elections Gary Strobel federal money political scandals Tax Foundation Montana Montana politics Nat Conrad Burns Jerry Calvert Party political appropriations Republican Jack Abramoff The 2010-10-26T22:26:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/330/16542 National pundits say the nation’s political parties are moving toward the extremes, but in the West, Republicans – unhappy with some far-right politicians – seem to be heading back to the middle. No publisher Ray Ring Larry Grant moderates Bill Sali Republican Party Jim Elections Bruce Newcomb anti-tax activists politic extremists Club for Growth Micron Nelson Democratic Party anti-abortion candidates minimum wage Mike Simpson right-wing politicians con 2010-10-26T22:23:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16631 The so-called "character issue" in politics – often defined as voting for the person you’d most like to have a beer with – is absurd for many reasons... No publisher Jon Margolis Marilyn Musgrave Tom Cole character issue voters attack ads Republican Party negative campaigning Carl Forti Elections oppo research political smear campaigns Paccione Committee Democratic Party Republican Congressional Campaign Angie issues 2010-09-24T22:59:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16627 In 10 Western states this November, voters face a total of 82 ballot measures No publisher Jonathan Thompson initiatives Arizona ballot initiatives California bond legalized marijuana abortion Elections spending limits Ar November elections minimum wage increase Proposition 106 parental notification for ballot measures gay marriage initiatives mid-term election 2010-09-23T23:27:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16626 California’s Proposition 87 would tax oil produced in the state to raise money for the development of alternative fuels No publisher Matt Jenkins el ExxonMobil/Shell ballot initiatives Oil and Gas oil tax renewable energy California oil production California Proposition 87 Elections taxes Yusef Robb Al Lundeen Chevron Energy Alternative Program Authority California ethanol Politics No on 87 oil companies Yes on 87 Renewable 2010-09-23T23:21:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/333/16658 Boosters of a Western primary hope it could give the Interior West a greater voice in the politics of Washington, D.C. No publisher Jonathan Thompson and Paul Krza John Kerry Super Tuesday Bill national elections Western Governors’ Association Bill Clinton presidential candidates Elections John McCain Interior West George W. Bush Hampshire p Harry Truman politics Political primary Jon Huntsman Jr. New Richardson 2010-09-22T21:48:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16698 In this issue, Ray Ring offers a top 10 list on the midterm elections and reminds Westerners that the newly empowered Democrats in Congress are still not the sole arbiters of environmental policy No publisher John Mecklin Earl Devaney midterm Senate Agriculture Department Republicans Interior Department elections Bush Elections BLM House of Representatives George W. Bush Democrats environmental policy congressional elections John Mecklin Ray Ring High Country News EPA 2010-09-09T21:05:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16704 Ray Ring offers a state-by-state summary of some of the more intriguing election results across the West No publisher Ray Ring J.D. Hayworth Munsil Phil Clean Elections Program Arizona politics factory farm campaign financing Elections Len California governor Arizona governor state lands ballot measures Harry Janet Napolitano Mitchell Angelid pregnant pigs Arnold Schwarzenegger 2010-09-09T21:03:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16697 The West gains traction as a center of power in 2006, and nine more indicators from the midterm elections. No publisher Ray Ring Jon Tester political campaigns Representatives Color Congress Republicans Bill Ritter Rankin Burns Western politics Thomas Elections Beauprez Bob Conrad 2006 midterm elections political candidates House of Gary Trauner Barbara Cubin Senate Democrats 2010-09-09T20:55:46Z News Article