Missourians push to cap payday loan interest rates
Payday loan companies can charge up to 1,950 percent interest; Missouri voters may be able to change that in November.
Romney scores not-so-big win as Republicans argue over “vulture capitalism”
Mitt Romney, "frontrunner" for the GOP presidential nomination, emerged as the leading candidate with only 37 percent of the vote.
Montana high court upholds ban on corporate cash in elections
Progressives in the "Big Sky State" are praising the Montana Supreme Court for rejecting the U.S. Supreme Court's "corporate personhood" decision.
Hypocrisy is hallmark of GOP debates
A representative of the Newt Gingrich Super PAC blamed the loss of manufacturing jobs on Romney's style of doing business.
Wisconsin recall Walker campaign reaches signature minimum
But organizers want to send at least 720,277 names to the state as a show of strength and to provide a cushion should officials disallow some of the signatures.
Recall Walker campaign races towards Jan. 17 deadline
Just weeks into the campaign, United Wisconsin announced that 507,533 people have signed a recall petition.
Obama bulldozes GOP wall of obstruction
The president said he was forced to make the appointment now, during the current Congressional recess, if the consumer protection agency was to function.
Movement to end corporate personhood grows
Overturning corporate personhood is a key legislative goal of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Romney or Santorum? Iowans say no real difference
For all the fights between the candidates, on basic economic issues the two frontrunners are essentially united.
84-year-old Wisconsin woman told to pay $200 poll tax
The Justice Department says it is looking carefully at the voter suppression laws put through by Republican lawmakers all over the country.
