Ninety-four percent of Americans do not approve of Congress' job performance, according to the latest poll from Rasmussen on congressional performance. Only 1 percent of survey takers said Congress is doing 'excellent,' while 5 percent said lawmakers are doing a good job.

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At the end of May, the Green Party, Libertarian Party and Peace and Freedom Party released a joint statement on the effect of California’s top-two primary on third parties.

California top-two primary was adopted in 2010 and used for the first time during the 2012 elections. In their statement, the parties highlight three main areas in which they believe the new system has negatively impacted their participation in the electoral process.

The latest study from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) provides a cost-benefit analysis and discussion of student loans in California. Student debt is currently a hot discussion on the national level, but the Golden State seems to have relatively better situations for college students.

The latest study from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) provides a cost-benefit analysis and discussion of student loans in California. Student debt is currently a hot discussion on the national level, but the Golden State seems to have relatively better situations for college students.

As part of his effort to encourage the GOP to expand its base, Senator Rand Paul made the case for a Libertarian-style approach to Silicon Valley politics in a California fundraising swing last week.

In the past month or so, I was intrigued by the story as it was reported about Kiera Wilmot, the young black woman in Florida who got in trouble for exploding a pop bottle bomb.  What first attracted me to the story were the similarities to my own experience.  At 16 years old, I was an honor student, with straight A's in science courses, and I was also threatened with expulsion for something I did that was school related.

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