Tommy Thompson

Light-rail car, automobile collide; no injuries reported

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008

First reported accident involving light rail system is near 24th and Washington streets.

Police: Smoke bomb at Hilton was military-grade

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008

The hotel evacuated about 35 rooms and some staff members after the smoke bomb went off.

A Graphical Guide To Obama’s Policy Positions

Spook And Muffin's Relaxed Politics (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008

FiveThirtyEight.com has a marvellous graphical analysis of the policy positions put forth so far by President-Elect Obama: Obama’s Agenda & The Difference Between Tactics & Strategy There is, to say the least, a lot of jumping to conclusions about just which type of President Barack Obama is liable to be, by which I mean whether he’ll govern from the [...]

Texas Public Officials and their Racist Emails

The Progressive Puppy (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

What is that compels Harris County public officials to circulate racist/homophobic/sexist emails? Back in June I wrote about Sheriff Tommy Thompson's frantic scramble to delete bigoted "joke" messages sent out by himself and his staff. (Thompson was thrown out of...

Farm Bureau conference coming to Louisville

The Business First of Louisville (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008

The Kentucky Farm Bureau will hold its 89th annual meeting in Louisville Dec. 3 to 6 at the Galt House Hotel & Suites.

Dollar Tree Denies Murdered Worker Death Benefit

ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008

Employer denied benefits after woman killed on the job in race-related attack.

Blogging the Right: Politically Homeless

Adam's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

We continue our blog of “Do the Right Thing” because while certain people think we shouldn’t do it, others think its useful to take a more broad look at what Huckabee is saying in the book for more reasoned analysis and discussion, rather than taking a few quotes out of context. Secondly, this book is fairly [...]

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Sketch is released of Phoenix fondling suspect

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008

A police sketch puts a face to a serial predator who's been fondling women in west Phoenix since March.

Outside the Box: Why Hillary shouldn't take Secretary of State job

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- With his search for cabinet members taking shape, all eyes are turning on Barack Obama's possible choice of his chief rival, Senator Hillary Clinton, to serve as Secretary of State.

Political Paid Search: 2008 Election PPC Dataset Available

rkgblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008

If anyone would benefit from a data set tracking the use of political paid search advertising in the 2008 US Presidential cycle, we have one to share.

Never Too Early

Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008

Patrick Ruffini assembles a list of all potential 2010 Republican challengers for Democratic incumbents in the Senate. A couple names I'd add: Congressman and former governor Mike Castle to take on Joe Biden's replacement in Delaware and Tommy Thompson to...

Drive-by shooting kills Phoenix man

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008

A man died after a drive-by shooting in a Phoenix neighborhood near 24th Street and Broadway Road early Tuesday morning.

‘We’re taking a stand’: LHI officials defend against accusations

News from www.lacrossetribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008

Logistics Health Inc. officials said Monday their company has gone “above the call of duty” in handling health services for those who rushed to New York City to help after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

LHI scrutinized for handling of 9/11 responder insurance, care

News from www.lacrossetribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

MADISON — Like thousands of other Americans, Judy Wolff, a nurse’s aide at Holmen High School, dropped everything and rushed to New York City after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to see how she could help.

Doom and Gloom for Republicans?

ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008

Doom and Gloom for Republicans? The future is bright for the GOP The post-mortem on the 2008 elections has been fast and furious, revolving largely around what the future holds for the GOP. The Republicans, it seems, are doomed to spend some time in the wilderness. I, for one, think that this is a good thing. Bill Kristol assesses the situation [...]