Texas has once again topped CNBC's list of best states for business, a list the Lone Star state has been topping since the network began ranking the states in 2007. Utah came in second, for most conducive to business.

While Texas is the best state for business, it has other areas to improve as CNBC reports:

POLITICO – Upset in the Making in TX Senate Race

Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz is leading the current Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the latest poll conducted by the same pollster who signaled a Dick Lugar loss.

One day after Mitt Romney was booed during his speech to the NAACP, Vice President Joe Biden was warmly welcomed by the nation's largest civil rights organization on Thursday.

The AP reports:

There has not been much in the way of coverage of recent protests across Mexico against their latest election results. The July 1 election saw PRI candidate Enrique Pena Nieto grab the presidency. His party is well known for its 70 year rule of the country riddled with corruption and repression.

By Lucy Ma, Independent Voter Network California Capitol Correspondent

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “Review & Outlook: The Price of Green Virtue”, which examines California’s penchant for all things green despite potential harm to its already struggling economy.

In a new poll, just 17% Of Californians think highly of Congress and almost half are weary of the two-party system.  What is scary is the sentiment the poll found, unless it is indicative of a larger motivation: that people just want Congress to get to work: