Tag: Associated Press

Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to limit food stamps for more than 130,000 adults in all but a few economically depressed areas starting next year. (AP image)

Unions sets sights on Ohio governor’s race

John Seewer · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Union, GE fail to reach deal on upstate NY plant

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

California's biggest public pension system has lost its appeal of the ruling that allowed the city of San Bernardino to file for bankruptcy.(Getty image)

California pension system loses round in San Bernardino bankruptcy fight

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Attorney General Martha Coakley is asking state regulators to reject a $30 million rate hike request by a natural gas company that serves 300,000 Massachusetts customers.

Energy and Environment

Massachusetts AG opposes natural gas rate hike request

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

The Tobacco Transition Payment Program is one of several run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency subject to "discretionary and mandatory spending limits" stemming from the 2011 debt and deficit reduction law, the farm agency said Friday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Last tobacco buyout payment lowered due to spending cuts

Gary Robertson · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Itzel Guillen, left, sorts out some of the documents she needs to apply for a work permit along with Lucero Maganda, right, at her home in San Diego, Ca. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Broader lessons in Obama immigration reform

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

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Farmers markets see more food stamp purchases

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his reasons for calling a special session of the Legislature during a ceremony, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The governor says it's necessary of lawmakers to rewrite the state's "Hard 50" criminal sentencing law to protect public safety after a court ruling raising questions about the law's constitutionality. (AP Photo/John Milburn)

Kansas governor seeks school finance dialogue

Associated Press · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

A guard tower, lower right, from Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as "Angola" and "The Farm" is lowered into the construction site of The National Museum of African American History and Culture, beside the Washington Monument, in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

US black history museum installs 2 large artifacts

Washington Examiner · November 17, 2013 5:40 pm

FILE - This July 16, 2013 file photo shows Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. listening at a news conference about a bill regarding military sexual assault cases on Capitol Hill in Washington. This week, the Senate is slated to consider an annual defense policy bill that would strip commanders of their ability to overturn jury convictions, require dishonorable discharge or dismissal for any individual convicted of sexual assault and establish a civilian review when a decision is made not to prosecute a case. The bill also would provide a special counsel for victims and eliminate the statute of limitations. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

National Security

Senate showdown over military sexual assault bill

Donna Cassata · November 17, 2013 11:17 am

Houston-based energy marketer Dynegy Inc. wants the same kind of regulations waiver that Ameren Corp. had on a set of Illinois coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Energy and Environment

Illinois ruling points at coal plants’ unsteady future

Washington Examiner · November 17, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, Pilar Quinn, a volunteer, teaches a GED preparation class at Marist School, in Atlanta, Ga. The class is for immigrants who are applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Government officials, immigration experts and advocates are closely watching the progress of the Obama administrationâs temporary reprieve for youth living in the country, seeing it as a dry-run for a potential immigration reform measure that could attract ten times as many people. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has worked relatively well. Still, many nonprofits and some school districts reported serious growing pains as they stretched to accommodate the initial ramp up. (AP Photo/Rebecca Breyer, File)

Broader lessons in Obama immigration reform

Washington Examiner · November 17, 2013 5:00 am