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LEAFY SPURGE: To the John Hoeven campaign for the U.S. Senate and any other campaign that claims every issue brought forth by an opponent is “going negative.” LEAFY SPURGE: To the John Hoeven campaign for the U.S ...

L yndhurst City Council is considering legislation that would prevent teenage drivers from talking on their cell phones while driving. We like the idea, but we wish the city would go further and ban all drivers from ...

(Editor's note: This column was published in the Mercury News on Sept. 27, 1990, a few months before passage of Proposition 140, which established term limits for the California Legislature. Finding it last week, we were ...

In 1990, when California voters adopted term limits for the Legislature through Proposition 140, the ballot argument promised they would "put an end to the Sacramento web of special favors and interests." Things haven't ...

From The Post-Standard's Editorial Board: Back in the day, there were doubters — like the Syracuse official who predicted Onondaga County residents would never pick up the recycling habit. Some holdouts 20 years ago ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California Chief Justice Ron George announced his retirement Wednesday, stunning colleagues and court watchers who saw him issue the opinion that briefly legalized gay marriage and passionately work to ...

Creighton University stands tall in the life of Omaha, thanks to the dedication and hard work of many people, including its leaders, faculty, students and supporters. A major figure in that achievement is the university ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around the world: July 13 The Montreal Gazette on international pressure against Iran stoning: Iran seems determined to execute Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, mother of two ...

When it comes to product safety, science, not politics, should rule. For years, scientists and health experts have pondered the safety of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical product found in a wide range of plastic containers ...

People talk about how polarized residents in this state have become. But they're not. Not on the stuff that matters most. A Gallup Arizona Poll, developed in conjunction with the Center for the Future of Arizona, has ...