An open primary system like California's has been upheld by a Washington federal judge, bolstering the odds that similar challenges to the Golden State's new election law will also fail.

Second Amendment activists are celebrating a California court's decision to block a pending state law that would restrict the sale of certain types of handgun ammunition.

The budget proposes to offload state responsibilities like public safety and health services onto local governments, funding them for five years with money raised if voters approve the extension of tax hikes in June.

Mother Earth News is reporting that more farmers are turning to locally grown organic seeds. This according to a survey provided to over 200 U.S. and Canadian seed companies.

A California federal judge will hear the case against Jared Loughner, who faces multiple charges related to the shooting rampage in Tuscon, Arizona which left an Arizona federal judge dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded.

This week, House Republicans will move forward with their efforts to pass HR 2, the “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act” which effectively repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, aka health care reform.