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Remembering Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

Today, July 12, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, known best for chronicling his experiment in simple and self-sufficient living in Walden. Less remembered, however, is that while living at Walden Pond, he gave an 1848 lecture on “Resistance to Civil Government”— since published as Civil Disobedience—which had much farther reaching effects. The book helped inspire the World War II resistance, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, those struggling against apartheid, and others. And it still has […]

todayJuly 12, 2017 59

Ballot Access News

Arkansas Libertarians earn ballot access for 2018 ballot, urges for better access

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a certified letter from Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin's office Monday, the Libertarian Party has attained new party status for the fourth election cycle in a row, following the collection of enough signatures for qualify for statewide ballot access. The Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) has never met the threshold set by Arkansas state law regarding automatically retaining ballot access to avoid a petitioning process, although the state party's chair, Michael Pakko, […]

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Business & Lifestyle

Former Anheuser Busch CEO arrested for trying to fly helicopter while intoxicated

Ray Downs United Press International SWANSEA, Ill. (UPI) -- August Busch IV, the former CEO of beer giant Anheuser Busch, was arrested for attempting to fly a helicopter while intoxicated, according to police. The Busch family scion passed a breathalyzer test, but failed field sobriety tests, leading to his arrest. Police applied for urine and blood test warrants after placing Busch under arrest. The arrest occurred after Busch landed a helicopter in a strip mall parking lot in Swansea, Ill., located about […]

todayJuly 12, 2017 62

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Do Schools Really Need More Money?

A common chorus of if/then statements dominates most contemporary discussions of education reform: If schools had more money, then they would do better at educating kids. If teachers were paid more money, then they would do better at educating kids. If there were more taxpayer support for traditional public schools, then we would have better education outcomes. But is more money really the answer? Or is the problem with the structure of forced schooling itself? An article last week in […]

todayJuly 11, 2017 62

Ballot Access News

Libertarian Party of Arizona loses ballot access case

PHOENIX (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a ruling made in U.S. District Court Monday, Judge David G. Campbell upheld a 2015 Arizona law that sharply increased the number of signatures a member of an established small qualified party needs to get on his or her own party’s primary ballot in regards to the case, Libertarian Party of Arizona v Reagan (cv-16-1019), in a 30-page decision featured below. The law sharply increased the number of write-in votes needed for a member of a […]

todayJuly 10, 2017 46

Business & Lifestyle

Wells Fargo to pay $142M in class-action settlement of fake accounts

Allen Cone United Press International SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- A federal judge has approved a plan for Wells Fargo & Co. to pay $142 million in a class action suit involving customers of fake accounts. U.S. District Vince Chhabria ruled on Saturday in San Francisco the settlement was "fair, reasonable and adequate." Last year, Wells Fargo admitted that 2 million potentially unauthorized checking and credit card accounts were opened between 2011 and 2015. In September, federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined the banking giant $185 […]

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Nevada governor backs emergency regulations amid marijuana shortage

Daniel Uria United Press International CARSON CITY, Nev. (UPI) -- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval endorsed emergency regulations to combat a shortage of marijuana at legal recreational retailers in the state. The state law legalizing recreational marijuana starting this month dictated that wholesale alcohol distributors be granted exclusive rights to transport marijuana for the first 18 months of legal sales, but a lack of approved distributors has created a potential shortage, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. "Based on reports of adult-use marijuana sales already […]

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U.N. member countries approve global nuclear treaty

Danielle Haynes United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) -- The United Nations formally adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons Friday in New York City after months of talks and some seven decades of hoping for a similar agreement. Representatives from more than 120 of the 192 member countries in the United Nations endorsed the Treaty on the Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons. All member states are able to sign the treaty during the General Assembly on September 20. Nearly all countries that bear nuclear […]

todayJuly 7, 2017 29

Business & Lifestyle

After powder scare, Illinois overrides governor for first budget in 3 years

Doug G. Ware United Press International SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (UPI) -- The Illinois legislature on Thursday voted to override the governor and usher in a tax hike and balance the budget -- something the state hasn't been able to do in more than three years. A bipartisan Illinois House voted 72-41 to supersede Gov. Bruce Rauner, who had vetoed the measures -- fearing they would only lead to more tax increases in the near future. Thursday's vote marked the first time since 2014 that […]

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