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Beauprez outlines immigration-control proposals BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 6, 2005FORT COLLINS - Tough penalties should be levied against businesses that employ undocumented immigrants, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez said. The congressman from Denver's northern suburbs also said the government should offer incentives for undocumented immigrants to turn themselves in. They then could be sent to their native country, where they could apply for a work visa or other way to return to the United States, Beauprez said. "I don't think anything short of 'You go home and you apply' is acceptable," Beauprez said. "The opportunity to at least return...

Support Conservative Candidate Peter Cianchette in liberal-stacked online Poll for Maine Governor

Former Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Bill Scranton III (R) has been less than candid in how he and his campaign are spinning his close and continuing ties to the purported international pseudo-religious cult led by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -- despite his claims these connections no longer exist.

Failure to provide property tax relief is shaping up as a potentially damaging issue for Gov. Ed Rendell, whose Republican challengers have gained some ground on the Democratic incumbent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Former Lt Gov. Bill Scranton has narrowed the gap from 15 points April 21 to 10 points today. Pennsylvania voters give Gov. Ed Rendell a 47 - 39 percent approval rating, his lowest since a 46 - 33 percent approval in an April 22, 2004, Quinnipiac University poll. The Governor deserves to be reelected, voters say 46 - 41 percent, down from 48...

TALLAHASSEE -- Attorney General Charlie Crist has obliterated the record for fund-raising in Florida, hauling in $3.8 million in just six weeks in a strong start to replace term-limited Gov. Jeb Bush next year. His primary Republican opponent, Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, announced last week he had raised a bit more than $3 million in 43 days. Both amounts appear to be more than the previous record of $3 million raised by Bush in a 90-day period for his 1998 campaign for governor. Last Thursday was the deadline for campaigns to tally their contributions and expenditures for state and...