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[1 Apr 2010 | posted by: Charles Glover | Comments Off | ]
Gallup Poll Shows Republicans Top Democrats

On Thursday, a brand new Gallup poll had the Republicans moving ahead of the Democrats. This news does not hold well for the Democrats. Forty Seven percent of polled voters said they would vote for a Republican while forty four percent said they would vote for a Democrat.
These poll results show that Republicans have strong support if midterms were held today. Gallup polling shows Republicans usually vote more than Democrats. Voter preferences would probably outweigh what the results would be.
In Gallup’s sixty-year history this is extremely rare to have this …

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[1 Apr 2010 | posted by: Grace Taylor | Comments Off | ]

There is an estimated 71 million vials of H1N1 vaccine that will be thrown away if not used soon. With the Southeast showing an increase in the flu, officials are warning that the season is not through yet.
The Washington Post stated that half of the purchased doses have been given out. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that some vaccines would be wasted.
They were quoted as saying, “We had a pandemic. We wanted to make sure we had enough to go around. We had to protect Americans.” In …

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[1 Apr 2010 | posted by: Cheri Davis Youmans | Comments Off | ]
Budget Cuts May Hurt Arizona’s Economy By Focusing on Freeways

Arizona has been turning more towards public transportation as of late due to options like bus or rail transportation. But that could change soon. Cities in Arizona like Tempe have to cut money out of their transportation budgets to reduce spending due to the economic woes. But, Arizona is still planning on expanding the freeways.
Fifteen years ago in Arizona statewide and locally, voters approved public transportation by funding it. Now Arizona may take a step backwards to the early 1990’s. At that time Arizona did not realize people wanted public …