SEATTLE (AP) — As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Republican is leading a field of five candidates in a hotly contested Central Valley state Senate contest, while Democrats hope to force a runoff election in which they would have a better chance at winning.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law.

LAVALLETTE, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiled Monday as he watched the mayor of the beachside borough Lavallette and members of its council hammer the final nails into its new $1.3 million boardwalk.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republicans are trying to win what has been a Democratic state Senate seat in one of two special legislative primary elections Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism industry.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates and is prepared to question the company's chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes."

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates and is prepared to question the company's chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes."

Thanks to a restaurant owner with a foundation in politics, Republican political consultant and policy adviser Karl Rove now knows where Woodbridge is.

Manuel Martin, a 2014 candidate for the 9th Assembly District seat held by Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, will hold his kickoff fundraiser from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday at 3944 Scottsdale Road, Lodi.

Karl Rove, a Republican political consultant and policy adviser, will be the keynote speaker at a fundraiser in Woodbridge today.

Manuel Martin, a 25-year-old Republican, is scheduled to announce his candidacy for the 9th Assembly District seat at Monday’s meeting of the Lodi Citizens in Action, the community’s Tea Party Patriots affiliate.

Each year Lodi School District high school seniors are given an opportunity to win an essay contest for a scholarship. Last year's recipient, Elisabeth Cotton who attended Jim Elliot Christian High School, won a $1,000 scholarship to Pepperdine University. She modeled a dress from Pret.

When I joined the Episcopal church in 1980, my nearby parish seemed to be the Republican Party at prayer — back when moderate Republicans roamed the earth. The church members welcomed me (a moderate progressive), and when they found out I was a former Roman Catholic priest who had just gotten married, they encouraged me to consider becoming an Episcopal priest.

Richard Pan’s constituents in Lodi and Galt are just getting to know him in the reconfigured 9th Assembly District. Now he’s seeking the 6th State Senate District seat in Sacramento.

(NAPSI)—Our economy is slowly rebounding from its collapse but it’s still far from healthy.