Matthew Daly

Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement

drudgereportarchives.com     May 10, 2008   244 related          

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign....                    

Obama picks ups 3 superdelegates, union endorsement

nwsource.com     May 9, 2008   227 related          

The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. ... Obama has now climbed within a...                    

Bush signs bill to create Wild Sky

thenewstribune.com     May 9, 2008   11 related          

WASHINGTON – Nearly six years after it was first introduced, a bill to create a Wild Sky Wilderness northeast of Seattle has become law. ... President Bush signed a bill Thursday making Wild Sky the first new wilderness area in Washington state in nearly a...                    

Bush signs bill extending US labor law to Marianas

wtop.com     May 8, 2008   12 related          

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Debate over whether to extend federal labor and immigration law to the Marianas, in the northwestern Pacific, had been sullied by reports of sweatshop labor and past associations with the lobbying scandal...                    

Rep. Rick Larsen endorses Barack Obama for president

nwsource.com     May 8, 2008   60 related          

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Rick Larsen says he is endorsing Barack Obama for president. ... Larsen, a four-term Democrat who represents Everett, Bellingham and other areas north of Seattle, had been undecided for months. Larsen joins at least four other Washington...                    

Report boosts bipartisan health plan

physorg.com     May 2, 2008   24 related          

(AP) -- A bipartisan plan for universal health care coverage would pay for itself and eventually could create modest budget surpluses, according to a congressional report released Thursday. ... By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer (AP) -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., one...                    

Kempthorne proposal would ease ban on guns in national parks

kimatv.com     May 1, 2008   39 related          

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed new regulations Wednesday that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon in some national parks and wildlife refuges. ... The new rules would allow someone to carry a loaded weapon in a park or wildlife refuge only if the...                    

Oregon science teacher honored as 2008 teacher of the year

wtop.com     Apr 30, 2008   28 related          

President Bush speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, before presenting the 2008 National Teacher of the Year award to Mike Geisen of Prineville, Ore. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer...                    

Big boost to designate Wild Sky Wilderness area east of Everett

thenewstribune.com     Apr 30, 2008   20 related          

WASHINGTON – Nearly six years after it was first introduced, a bill to create the Wild Sky Wilderness east of Everett has cleared Congress – another step toward the first new wilderness area in Washington state in nearly a quarter-century. ... The House gave final...                    

House approves massive public lands bill

wtop.com     Apr 30, 2008   8 related          

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Marianas, in the western Pacific, have been tainted by past associations with lobbyist and advances water projects across the country as it combines 62 proposals related to public lands from coast to coast. The...