A peat bog is a type of wetland whose soft, spongy ground is composed largely of living and decaying Sphagnum moss. Decayed, compacted moss is known as peat, which can be harvested to use for fuel or as a soil additive. Peat bogs are found throughout...

A wetland for which the primary water source is precipitation. These are usually acidic, rich in plant residue and accumulate significant peat...

The more you stir the mire, the more it stinks....

A bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs if the peat is composed mostly of acidophilic...

The most interesting question in Clark County politics these days is a simple one: Can she survive? She is Lynette Boggs McDonald. Surviving is a two-part ordeal for the commissioner who may not have made it clear where she lives but clearly does not want to...

Arizona began allowing voters to register online in 2004. Three years later, Washington became the second state to do so.Given the migration to the Web of so many administrative tasks, like banking, what's with the holdup in other states?Primarily, the roadblocks are technical. There is...

A bill inspired by the Virginia Tech shootings is bogged down by objections over funding and who should be barred from buying a firearm.The bill would tighten requirements for states to share gun purchasers' mental health information with the federal government.Majority Democrats in the Senate...

Toughening ethics laws, once a priority of Democrats, has bogged down in Congress as party leaders find their campaign promises colliding with lawmakers' re-election concerns. Two months have passed since a task force was supposed to have recommended how an independent panel might look into...