Two recent reactions to current political events are evidence of the proposition that as society becomes more politicized it creates some of the fuel that powers that politicization to expand further. The first reaction is a private e-mail from a very sm

For decades, California parents whose kids are turning 5 knew that right about now, they should be thinking about kindergarten registration. But a new law, a funding crisis and California's Byzantine budgeting ways have turned certainty on its head. Not

Legislators considering combining lobbyist reporting, campaign finance reporting and ethics under one agency heard from some of the people responsible for those jobs that that they didn't want their work taken away. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, wh

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Wake County judge has cleared former lobbyist Don Beason, saying parts of North Carolina's 2007 lobbying reform law are ambiguous and the secretary of state overreached her authority in fining him. Secretary of State Elaine Marshal

Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled Beason doesn't have to pay the $30,000 fine Secretary of State Elaine Marshall imposed last year. The judge found parts of North Carolina's lobbying reform law enacted in 2007 were ambiguous and that the secretary of state had o

RALEIGH, NC, January 08, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce (http://www.raleighchamber.org/) has announced that the organization will host its quarterly Chamber Executive Women's Luncheon on Thursday, Jan. 12 from 11:30 a.