The Rose Report

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  Initiatives Pass in Ohio and Maine

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:16pm EST by Mike Whatley

  On Tuesday Maine voters passed an initiative (Question 5) which according to the Associated Press will rewrite the 1999 medical marijuana law to “expand conditions under which people can be prescribed marijuana” and will allow “dispensaries from which the drug can be prescribed to patients.”  The initiative passed with [...]

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  Redistricting: The Overlooked Impact of Tuesday Night in Virginia

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:30am EST by Mike Whatley

  Most of the coverage of Tuesday’s elections in Virginia has focused on the Republican sweep of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General offices. The story has centered on the turnaround of statewide candidates from 2008 when Democrats Barack Obama and Mark Warner were victorious in Virginia to less than [...]