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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. smiles during a health care reform news conference, Thursday, November 19, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A leading Senate...
Donated 'weed,' Snacks And Old Cafe Provide Social Outlet For Oregon Medical Marijuana Users (AP) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - At the newly opened Cannabis Cafe, people sit around taking tokes from a "vaporizer" - a contraption with a...
Fed rage boils over on Capitol Hill Ben Bernanke will win confirmation to a second term as head of the central bank. The movement in Congress to rein the Fed in is gaining steam. The latest blow came last week, when a House...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system...
NH Mulling Mandate That Private Companies With 15 Or More Workers Provide Paid Sick Leave Days (AP) CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Moving company owner Michael Stamm thinks if New Hampshire wants to mandate paid sick days for his...
Idaho Education Officials Seeking $75 Million In Competitive Federal Grants For Public Schools (AP) BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho will have to alter some education rules to get in line with the federal Department of Education's...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid must balance demands of liberal and conservative Democrats to craft a passable healthcare reform bill, Democrats say. The 60-39 vote Saturday to allow debate...
by Mark Silva With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a health-care bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the debate of the 2010 midterm elections has been joined: For the...
Hawaii Legislators To Examine Use Of Federal Stimulus Money For Health And Welfare Programs (AP) HONOLULU (AP) - A joint panel of the Hawaii Legislature will examine the use of federal economic stimulus money in the state...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris, an Illinois Democrat, left Saturday for a trip to Iraq to examine security and political developments in the region, an aide said today. He is to return before Thanksgiving. Burris, 72, sits on...
