Americans for Prosperity

As the state's Republican Party began a push toward tax reform, Grover Norquist and representatives of Americans for Prosperity traveled the state Thursday campaigning for reduced income tax. They stopped by the Times-News to share some of their ideas,...

Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...

Florida Watch Action, the progressive group that brought you "Pink Slip Rick" and other efforts opposing Gov. Rick Scott in particular and right-wing conservatives in general, is organizing a demonstration tomorrow afternoon in front of the Orlando...

(Reuters) - For Kevin Kookogey, the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of his one-man outfit providing conservative mentoring for students was so onerous he thought it was trying to deter him from political activity. "It worked," said the Tennessean who...

(Repeats with no change to text) By Nick Carey May 15 (Reuters) - For Kevin Kookogey, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of his one-man outfit providing conservative mentoring for students was so onerous he thought it was trying to deter him...

By Nick Carey May 15 (Reuters) - For Kevin Kookogey, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of his one-man outfit providing conservative mentoring for students was so onerous he thought it was trying to deter him from political activity. "It...

Nearly 200 protesters crowded inside the Legislative Building early Monday evening, singing, chanting and echoing many of the same concerns that demonstrators have for the past three Mondays. As members of the state House of Representatives tended to...

For average Hoosiers uninterested in political point-scoring, the budget crafted by the Indiana legislature inspires only muted, if any, fanfare. The extra $114 will help. Every dollar counts in a household living on $48,393 per year -- the median...

The joint House Finance and Ways and Means Committee will vote on the bill this week that would legalize casino gambling at one location in New Hampshire. Proposed changes to Senate Bill 152, which passed the Senate on a 16-8 vote and has the backing of...

The historians, doctors, preachers, lawyers, raging grannies, students and others gathered around the second-floor fountain inside the Legislative Building and belted out "This Little Light of Mine" and other songs. They were diverse in age and...

Senate budget writers heard impassioned pleas to keep the state's social safety net intact as they held a public hearing Thursday on the state budget recently passed by the House of Representatives. Testimony in support of health and human service...

An ordinance proposed by Madison Mayor Paul Soglin would increase disclosure of political contributions in this shadowy, post-Citizens United world. Now if only that were enough reason to pass it. Soglin's ordinance doesn't have anything to do...