Californians can pursue class-action lawsuits against cities and counties if they were charged an illegal local tax says the state Supreme Court. In Monday's unanimous decision, justices overturned lower-court rulings requiring taxpayers to file individual claims for refunds.

The haboob that hit Phoenix on July 5 was indeed a monster, the largest in decades. It was at least 100 miles long, lasted for two hours, and was several thousand feet high. A second, less powerful haboob hit on July 18.  Such dust storms are relatively common in Arizona.

While discussing the debt ceiling controversy on his MSNBC television program recently, Chris Matthews said to his guest, Pat Buchanan:

Recently, a new Arizona law permitted the state to raise money from private and public sources to build a border fence.

Americans Elect is preparing to submit its California ballot access petition for the 2012 presidential election.  The numbers indicate that if they can do it here, they can do it everywhere, and will likely obtain ballot acces in all 50 states. 

According to a poll commissioned by Generation Opportunity- a new non-profit, non-partisan organization that's interested in reaching 18-29 year old Americans on the nation's economic issues- young Hispanics want to see an across-the-board reduction in the federal government's interference in the economy.