California's perpetual budget deficit will be a topic for voters to consider again this November. Proposition 30 at the center of Governor Jerry Brown's budget plans.

Presidential candidate Rocky Anderson has gained support across party lines in several states across the country. He is currently on the November ballot in several states.

In Minnesota, a state that hasn't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972, state representative and US Senate candidate Kurt Bills is challenging incumbent Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar.

A Green Party TV ad from the Jill Stein for President campaign is airing nationwide after Google TV Ads initially rejected it because of an intentionally bleeped out word. Google said the ad contained "inappropriate language" and refused to broker the ad on cable and satellite, even though the word in question was more implied than actually heard.

Talks to avert Chicago's first teachers' strike in twenty-five years will continue throughout the weekend between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Teachers Union. The union has set the strike date for Monday, September 10th.

Republicans and Democrats just wrapped up their big conventions, but Independents and non-affiliated voters might be wondering where alternative solutions were being discussed. For the past two weeks, the Gary Johnson campaign schedule included multiple stops and events in the neighboring areas surrounding each party's convention.

What do the Democratic and Republican parties think about the Constitution? The table below offers a side-by-side comparison of the two party platforms on the Constitution. Many of the platform positions on constitutional issues will come as no surprise. But there are some less predictable provisions in the platforms.

The San Diego Mayoral debate and race have come down to Congressman Bob Filner and San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio. The two candidates held a debate Friday at the La Jolla Country Day School.