Alameda County, according to its own statements, rolled out the machines before it knew how to effectively handle the data they generated.[6] This is one recent example of the short but extremely tumultuous history that computerized touch-screen voting has had in the US.[7] It's easy to see their attraction - small, sexy information age devices, they seem a panacea for a voting system that often borders on antique. [read post]

According to a consent agreement and final order filed in Kansas City, Kan., PBI-Gordon Corporation violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by importing a 294,880-pound shipment of the misbranded pesticide 2,4-D Acid to Kansas City in June 2009. [read post]