The British General Staff's battle map.
Last month the New York City Council approved a developer’s proposal to erect an 18-story apartment tower on the East River in Brooklyn, just east of the Brooklyn Bridge. The project is controversial not only because…
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has asked state legislators to submit proposals for a major capital program to fund projects on university campuses and at other state facilities. It’s a sound idea.
The money, perhaps as much as $1 billion, would be…
Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond is saying “green” jobs are too expensive, according to this story from Bill Lambrecht in our Washington bureau. Mr. Lambrecht reports:
“Green jobs are not so much created as they are bought with massive taxpayers subsidies,” Bond said…
One possible result of tax-cut plan.
Buried deep in Missouri House Bill 20, one of 22 appropriations bills that outline how state money will be spent next year, is a $1.6 million appropriation for the care of foster kids in the custody…
Stimulus money could be flowing to states as soon as this week, CNN reports. Obama still is warning governors, mayors and others not to use the money irrationally or without directed purpose.
The Washington Post says that most Americans back Obama on…
American automakers Chrysler and General Motors are asking for more government aid in their attempt to become “going concerns” again.
GM is expected to release its plan after 6 p.m. today. Chrysler is expected to follow. Both are required by the…
President Obama on Capitol Hill after lobbying House Republicans on behalf of the $825 billion economic stimulus package. (AP Photo)
As a measure of the state of the U.S. economy, the U.S. House of Representatives today is expected to pass an…
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Inauguration Day is still 13 days away, but President-elect Barack Obama has arrived in Washington, and the 111th Congress has begun work. Let the games begin.
Mr. Obama’s first order of business this week was meeting with congressional leaders about…
President-elect Obama and Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner (AP Photo by Charles Dharapak)
In a bizarre demonstration of how important confidence is to the health of the American economy, President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama held back-to-back photo ops Monday, 90…
Now comes the hard part. President-elect Barack Obama, having won a historic mandate for change, must make it happen.
He faces monumental problems: “Two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century,” as he put it in…
Congress traditionally avoids controversial issues in the weeks between a presidential election and the Christmas holidays. This year may be different.
Spooked by the economy’s slow response to the $700 billion Wall Street rescue package passed in September and the erratic…
