Aaron Wiener is assistant editor of The Washington Independent. He co-edits the blog and runs the Website, in addition to reporting and blogging on energy and the environment. When not glued to a screen, he plays harmonica and rhythm guitar for the folk-blues duo The Mustard Boys.
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Great Google-y moogly! Come to Farmington, Udall says
Senator Tom Udall today sent a letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt in support of Think BIG Farmington’s proposal ...
New Mexico Independent 3/10/2010 -
GOP lawmaker attempts to exclude gays from domestic abuse bill
An attempt by state Rep. Chris Hagenow, R-Windsor Heights, to exclude same-sex couples from a domestic violence bill is drawing ...
Iowa Independent 3/10/2010 -
A partial defense of payday lenders: Banks are just as bad
For many people, payday lenders and check-cashing outfits are the scum of the financial-sector earth; they’re called usurious, compared ...
Iowa Independent 3/10/2010 -
PoliTweeps
Today’s Twitter lesson two-fer: It takes some folks a little longer than others to catch on to the whole ...
Iowa Independent 3/10/2010 -
Gov. Richardson signed 116 bills from 2010 regular session
Today was the final day for Governor Bill Richardson to sign bills that were passed in the final days of ...
New Mexico Independent 3/10/2010 -
Polis urges support for withdrawal from Afghanistan
Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis has been arguing against U.S. occupation policy in Afghanistan his entire first year in ...
Colorado Independent 3/10/2010 -
Governor signs concealed guns in restaurants bill
Governor Bill Richardson announced in a press release today that he signed a bill that would allow concealed weapons in ...
New Mexico Independent 3/10/2010 -
Major political players train sights on Curry rafting-rights bill
Former Democratic state Sen. Michael Feeley, a lawyer-lobbyist who spent seven years as Minority Leader, is behind an advertising campaign ...
Colorado Independent 3/10/2010 -
Where same-sex couples bank without fear
With the news that Citibank screens some of its clients for “objectionable content” — and applies that screening process to gay-themed ...
Iowa Independent 3/10/2010 -
Trip’s morning reading
The nation’s governors and state school chiefs will propose standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and ...
New Mexico Independent 3/10/2010 -
Resistant weeds threaten to cripple Iowa’s agriculture economy
"Convenience and simplicity are both very useful and very important; however, they are also something that have considerable risks associated,” ...
Iowa Independent 3/10/2010 -
Colorado criminally failing youth suspects
DENVER-- Juveniles charged as adults in Colorado and awaiting trial as inmates in adult prisons find themselves part of a ...
Colorado Independent 3/10/2010
