by Rebecca Nelson | Feb 7, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – New voter ID proposals by a number of states are part of a “season of intolerance,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday as he announced a campaign against legislation that opponents say would curb voter rights. More than two dozen states are considering...
by James Arkin | Feb 7, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — More than 40 students packed into the library of Ballou High School Tuesday to have a talk with the secretary of education. Striking an authoritative yet conversational tone, Duncan wasn’t at the Washington school just to give another speech. He...
by Ben Kamisar | Feb 7, 2012 | Environment
Ben Kamisar / Medill WASHINGTON — A House committee toughened a controversial bill that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, recently rejected by the Obama administration. The amendment, added Tuesday by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., forces the Federal...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 6, 2012 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — Of all the places where disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been spotted since emerging from prison more than a year ago, his appearance Monday was surely the most unlikely of locales. Seated beneath a floor-to-ceiling banner headlined with the phrase...
by Kit Fox | Feb 1, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Title IX, the landmark law that sought to end gender discrimination in sports, is 40 years old but advocates for women’s sports want more equality in high school to get young girls moving. To mark the 26th annual National Girls and Women In Sports Day,...
by Rachel Morello | Feb 1, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – Researchers shared early results of a new experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis involving adult stem cells at a congressional briefing Wednesday afternoon. Jeffrey Cohen, M.D., a researcher from the Cleveland Clinic and principle investigator for...
by Safiya Merchant | Feb 1, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON – Congress sought the advice of states Wednesday as two governors told the House Education and the Workforce committee about their strategies to improve job markets on their home turf. According to Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., the economy has improved...
by Chris Kirk | Feb 1, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — A Republican-led House committee Wednesday criticized as “unnecessarily alarming” a report from the Environmental Protection Agency that concluded natural gas drilling contaminated groundwater in Wyoming. The EPA released a draft in December of a...
by Patrick Svitek | Feb 1, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Sen. Scott Brown said Wednesday he favors any amendment that expands the scope of his bill to prohibit so-called “congressional inside trading” to include the executive branch. The STOCK Act, or Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act, would bar...
by Mattias Gugel | Feb 1, 2012 | Business
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats sparred Wednesday over a way to cure the economy at a House Budget Committee hearing after the head of the Congressional Budget Office said the country is on an “unsustainable fiscal course.” Congressional Budget Office Director...
by David Uberti | Feb 1, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The March 2011 attack in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province that left two American soldiers dead and four wounded was carried out by an Afghan security contractor – a hired gun paid for by the U.S.-led coalition. The deadly attack at Forward Operating Base...
