Tag: Associated Press

California Democrats’ ex-treasurer repays fraction of $10.5M

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is using the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to continue pressing for raising Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The town of Bruce passed over a black worker to run the public works department because of his race, and owes him $18,000, a federal jury has found. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Jury: town worker lost promotion because of race

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 13 photo, New Hampshire Republican Congressional candidate Dan Innis, right, poses with his partner Doug Palardy, in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

3 gay Republicans trying to make election history

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge on Friday denied the temporary restraining order sought by the groups who contend the large-scale removal of wolves from two packs in central Idaho contravenes the 1964 Wilderness Act and other federal acts. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

Judge rejects request to halt Idaho wolf kill plan

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

James Dean, left, JoAnn Taylor, second left, Thomas Winslow, and Debra Shelden, right, who were among five people pardoned Jan. 26, 2009, for the 1985 gruesome rape and murder of 68-year-old Helen Wilson of Beatrice, applaud during a reception held for them in Lincoln, Neb. (AP File)

5 of exonerated inmates known as ‘Beatrice 6’ testify in trial

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Medicaid now covers applied behavior analysis treatment -- a regimen that psychiatric and medical professionals say is the most effective and promising for autistic children -- if their autism is so severe that they would be institutionalized without treatment. (Thinkstock)

Maine examines expanding autism treatment coverage

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens), third from left, speaks during a debate as he is surrounded by, from left, patent attorney Art Gardner, former Secretary of State of Georgia Karen Handel, Georgia Ports Authority board member David Perdue, conservative political activist Derrick Grayson, businessman Eugene Yu, and U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Savannah) Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Cook County High School Performing Arts Center in Adel, Ga. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

GOP Senate candidates meet for 1st debate of 2014

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Flags fly near a sign at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region in June 2004. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)

Bill seeks reviews of Missouri abortion facility

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

2 Nevada Supreme Court justices face no opposition

2 Nevada Supreme Court justices face no opposition

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, looks over a document on the first day of the 2014 session of the Washington state Legislature, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Stalled immigrant bill could impact Washington state elections

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment on Monday in Casselton, N.D. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

Energy and Environment

In North Dakota, derailment strengthens pipeline push

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am