Half of a line break between topics in sidebar

Since that’s a list of items, I think turning it into an unordered list would give you much better control over their styling. Consider replacing the content with something like:

<div class="textwidget">
	<ul>
		<li>Implement Cultural Changes; Northern Arizona</li>
		<li>Veteran Affairs (Prescott, Arizona)</li>
		<li>Implement Cultural Changes</li>
		<li>Phoenix Veteran Affairs</li>
		<li>Floor Remodel</li>
	</ul>
</div>

and then adding styles accordingly. Alternatively, I think you’d need to wrap each item in something like a span to control the spacing better (though an unordered list is a more semantic approach).