by Lauren Caruba | Jan 15, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices Wednesday questioned the fairness of a Massachusetts law that creates restrictive zones around abortion clinics, pitting First Amendment rights against obstruction statutes. The court weighed the state’s history of disturbances near...
by Rachel Morello | Mar 14, 2012 | Politics
The 13th annual National Health Through Fitness Day gets underway with a breakfast briefing. Bill Sells, vice president of government relations for SGMA, delivers opening remarks. (MNS)To prepare the group for their meetings with members of Congress, SGMA provided...
by Rachel Morello | Feb 28, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Cheryl Chafos walks her 10-year-old son Zachary to the bus stop at 6:45 every morning. His ride to school is an hour and fifteen minutes long. Soon after, Chafos helps her toddler into the family car so she can drive a third son, Andrew, 11, to his...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Mar 15, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama emphasized the economic benefits in reducing childhood obesity at the National League of City Congressional City Conference Tuesday morning. “Every city and every town faces it. If ignored it’s an issue that can drastically...
by Elena Schneider | Mar 1, 2011 | Business
Chevy Chase, Md. — In any given day, Dr. Tiffini Lucas may examine a wailing, feverish two-year old, advise a senior on exercises for arthritic pain and remove an atypical mole from a middle-aged mother’s back. Lucas is a primary care physician. In 2005, she...
