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OP-ED: On Health Care, States Must Lead
The San Francisco Chronicle today published a great op-ed from the Washington State Senator Karen Keiser and Progressive States Network health policy analyst Adam Thompson. The piece explores how and why states are leading the way in expanding health care,...
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Rocky Mountain West Wonders About Iraq: Dude, Where’s Our $3,600?
In dollar figures, how much has the Iraq War cost the 8-state Intermountain American West? About $24 billion, when you add up the numbers from a new report by the nonpartisan National Priorities Project that is being released locally in...
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Will Wisconsin Be the First State With Universal Health Care?
In These Times magazine has a new report from Wisconsin, where the state senate passed the most comprehensive universal health care bill that any state legislative chamber has ever passed. As the proposal known as Health Wisconsin moves to the...
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Conservatives Brace for Health Care Push in State Legislatures
The good folks over at the Bell Policy Center out here in Denver has set up a new blog to discuss the upcoming push for health care reform in Colorado. It's a smart idea, because such a big issue needs...
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Conservatives' Newest Bridge to Nowhere
In the wake of the Minnesota bridge disaster, conservatives like Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi are frantically trying to avoid a debate over taxes and budget priorities. Locally here in Denver, the motivation is obvious: They are likely gearing up...
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CALL TODAY: Join the Fight for Universal Health Care In Your State
REMINDER: Read the new article in the American Prospect about the state-level fight for universal health care and then join today's national conference call with legislators from around the nation. In the last few weeks, there has been a bit...
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More Great News from the States
Progressive States (full disclosure: I used to work for PSN and David is still the co-chair) has more great news on the state policy front today. North Carolina is inching closer to embracing Election Day Registration (EDR), joining eight other...
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The Difference Between Courage and Cowardice
Good news in Oregon and New Hampshire for workers. As Progressive States is highlighting in today's Stateside Dispatch, these two great states just approved majority signup (also known as "card check") for state workers seeking to join a union. While...
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About David Sirota
David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Takeover. He lives in Denver, Colorado. His daily blog can be found at CREDO Action. He contributes regularly to the Denver Post's Web site, is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and is working on his second book. He has been profiled in Newsweek and the Rocky Mountain News and is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties. Sirota serves as co-chair of the Progressive States Network, a 501(c)3 organization that supports state legislators and that is a partner of CREDO.
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The views expressed on this blog are his own, and do not necessarily represent the views of Working Assets (publisher of CREDO Action) or the institutions Sirota works for.
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