Sarah Palin is joined by Sen. John McCain and her daughter Piper after her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 3, 2008.

Local publisher Vance Opperman wants one, or both, of the national conventions in the Twin Cities in 2012. Apparently the publicity and visibility garnered for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul outweighs the disturbing — to many — memories of a well-armed police presence that kept violent protesters at bay and intimidated many others.

Page County Republican Women hosted guest speaker, Monte Shaw, Nov. 14, 2009, at the Nodaway Valley Historical Museum. He began with background about himself, from growing up in Shenandoah, to working in several major Republican campaigns, to his employment with the National Renewable Fuels Association in Washington D.C. and his move back to Iowa. Currently he, his wife and daughter live near ...

The National Organization for Women held a rally Saturday morning just down the street from where the first women's rights convention in Pennsylvania was held in 1852.The rally was held at the Chester County Courthouse, where a bronze plaque displaying the Ten Commandments hangs on an outside wa...

the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely recognized of any international agreement in existence. Sadly, the US is one of just two nations that haven't ratified it, joining only Somalia.

Fueling growing speculation that he will run for president in 2012, Gov. Pawlenty will be in San Diego Thursday to address the Republican National Committee.

Sarah Palin could get a lot of support in Iowa's GOP caucuses if she ran for the 2012 presidential nomination, according to the Iowa Poll.

The Democratic Socialists of America  hosted its biannual national convention in Evanston this weekend. The convention focused on raising awareness about the current economic crisis, addressing the health care initiative and setting the organization&...

This weekend, thousands of Arkansans convened at the Statehouse Convention Center for a mass free health clinic, the first of its kind in Little Rock.

The N.C. Republican Party has been channeling its inner Jesse Helms lately, and not just because a portrait of the late conservative icon was unveiled last week.