South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill dramatically changing the laws governing ballot access for Independent candidates just months after an Independent took 17% of the vote in a statewide election.

The bill, Senate Bill 69, an act to revise certain provisions regarding elections and election petitions, specifically addresses how many signatures an Independent candidate must collect to get on the ballot, and who is allowed to sign the candidate's petition.

new rules to rein in unaffordable payday loans and regulate the $50 billion industry. This is the first time federal regulators have targeted short-term lenders in an effort to protect low-income borrowers from getting pulled into debt they cannot get out of.

Change the Rule aims to add an alternative route for minor parties and independents to participate in the CPD-sponsored debates, while Open Debates wants to create an entirely new debate process.

originated in Germany during World War I to save electricity, and the UK quickly followed their lead.

Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in the consolidated cases of Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Democratic Conference v.

American Society of Civil Engineers, rating America's infrastructure on 16 different categories, gives America a "D+" on the state of the infrastructure.

The report is clear, America's infrastructure is aging, insufficient, and becoming dangerous. Rather than doing something about it, politicians on both sides of the aisle cave to political pressure and ignore the problem completely.

In an interview with Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root, U.S.

No Labels, a national bipartisan political advocacy group, is currently busy establishing a ‘Problem-Solvers Caucus’ in the U.S. House of Representatives. The caucus would include dozens of representatives from both parties who can agree to work together to accomplish a pre-determined set of goals -- the “National Strategic Agenda.”

Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced the launch of his 2016 presidential campaign, making him the first high-profile, major party candidate to do so.

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made headlines Thursday when he introduced an amendment before the Senate Budget Committee to begin the process of overturning the 2010 Citizens United decision handed down by the Supreme Court. His question to his colleagues was simple: "Are we comfortable with an American political system which is being dominated by a handful of billionaires?"