Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics abound
September 19, 2012DENVER - A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?"
DENVER - A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?"
PHOENIX - A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling.
After their daughter died from the 2011's Indiana State Fair stage collapse, Jenny Haskell's parents are hosting an event to support the memorial fund started in her name.
ATLANTA - A Georgia-based restaurant chain that drew national attention when its owner reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage says it's leaving the debate to politicians in the future.
AURORA, Colo. - Prosecutors are seeking to file 10 more counts against the man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a suburban Denver movie theater. -á
ATLANTA - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told donors Wednesday that he cares about the poor and middle class as he tried to stem criticism and address concern from within his own party over secretly-recorded comments that he doesn't need to worry about the half of the country that doesn't pay federal income taxes.
Local author of "Where I am Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories and People That Make Our Clothes", Kelsey Timmerman, held an event at the Emens Auditorium where he discussed his global quest to put names and personalities to the people who made his clothes. -á
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney sought to get his campaign back on track Tuesday after the revelation of a video in which he said nearly half of Americans "believe they are victims," are dependent on the government and bound to vote for President Barack Obama. The Obama campaign worked to spread the quotes to any voters who hadn't already heard them.
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels' team of federal health care overhaul leaders are telling Indiana lawmakers that firm answers on the sweeping new law aren't available.
Stadium announcers know him as Kenneth Lee. The Ball State junior linebacker prefers a less proper approach.
Students wanting to know more information about education after graduation will get their questions answered Friday.
Catholic speaker Maura Byrne recounted her story of 15 years of physical and sexual abuse and struggles with an eating disorder in her talk, "Courage and the True Value of
DETROIT - A Detroit man was so obsessed over toilet training that he fatally beat his 2-year-old daughter for having an accident, a prosecutor said Wednesday in an opening statement to jurors at the man's first-degree murder trial.
There's been a number of schools that have come to play Ball State at Scheumann Stadium, but none may be bigger than South Florida.
As Ball State's finishing woes continue to cost the team games, Friday's Mid-American Conference opener against Buffalo offers some comfort.
BATON ROUGE, La. - Police have arrested a suspect in the bomb threat at LSU that led to the campus-wide evacuation of thousands of people earlier this week.
NEW YORK - Lindsay Lohan was arrested in New York early Wednesday on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop driving, police said.
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Mitch Daniels' team of federal health care overhaul leaders told state lawmakers Wednesday that even without clear answers on the new law, it will cost the state hundreds of millions more in the coming years.
MUNCIE, Ind. - A Muncie firefighter who died last year when a roof collapsed during a blaze will be honored at a national memorial service.
CHICAGO - Mayor Rahm Emanuel secured an extension of Chicago's school day and empowered principals to hire the teachers they want. Teachers were able to soften a new evaluation process and win some job protections.
