Elections & Politics

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SureWest Communications, at a price of $23 per share in cash and shares. The transaction is valued at approximately $340.9 million,...

By DEBKAfile.org President Barack Obama, by asserting Sunday that he doesn't think Israel has made a decision on whether to attack Iran, indicated he preferred to keep Israel back from military action and...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism hopes to see a recovery in tourist numbers to between 12 and 13 million this year, bringing in $11 billion, despite ongoing street violence and more than 70 deaths...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Iran is maintaining close contact with the Muslim Brotherhood and wants diplomatic relations in Egypt, Iran's foreign minister said. "Tehran is in constant contact with the Muslim Brotherhood" and will send...

Byline: The New Mexican Days remaining in session: 14 Unemployment fund: The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation meant to keep New Mexico's unemployment fund solvent. Estimates predict the fund could run out...

Candidate forums can be quite instructive to a prospective voter. For example, I was privileged to see the candidates for Santa Fe City Council District 4 recently and learn how they work and...

Byline: Staff and wire reports Council district forums scheduled Voters will have another chance to quiz candidates for the City Council on Thursday. The League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County and...

Byline: Trip Jennings A bill that supporters say would force some out-of-state corporations to pay more in state taxes cleared an important Senate committee for the first time in eight years Wednesday night....

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The biggest wave of business bankruptcies may be over (key words here are "may be," pending the economy's trajectory), but that's not to say the courts will be devoid of with...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Being first is very important in a patent system. A patent, after all, recognizes a novel idea--something no one has designed before. In return for disclosing the idea to the public,...

Last year proved to be difficult to describe. The economy didn't experience a double-dip recession as some had feared, though recovery is too strong a word to describe it. The Eurozone did not...

Mari Carmen Aponte will no longer be the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, reports Reuters (Dec. 13, 2011). Her nomination was blocked by the U.S. Senate--11 votes short of the 60 she needed....

HEADNOTE Three top Chinese tech companies-ALIBABA, BAIDU, and YOUKU-are remaking the country's moribund, hierarchical corporate culture with an injection of new ideas from the West. What is the sound of three hands clapping?...

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has breathing space until May 31 through one of President Barack Obama's last actions of 2011 on Dec. 23. But it remains unclear whether the latest extension...

Byline: Staff and wire reports Days remaining in session: 15 Sending a message to the U.S. Supreme Court: The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 38 to 29 to support a memorial opposing...

Byline: Steve Terrell Noe "Lil Loco" Torres, a fugitive suspect in a fatal 1995 drive-by shooting of a 10-year-old boy in Clovis, thought he might get help from Gov. Susana Martinez. He thought...

Puerto Rico stands to lose millions of dollars in rum excise tax rebate revenue after the US Congress failed to extend an increase in the program that expired on Dec. 31, reports Caribbean...

2011 was the year of people power; whether it was the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, recall elections or MF Global customers fighting against the big banks, people demanded to be heard and...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Israel's Channel 2 reported on Tuesday that Mossad director Tamir Pardo was in Washington for talks about a possible attack on Iran's nuclear installations. Pardo's visit, which would normally be conducted...