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A bit of financial regulatory reform process math: Today, Senators are debating Sen. Barbara Boxer’s (D-Calif.) symbolic amendment ensuring that no taxpayer

The Michigan unemployment report for August is out and the results, while predictable, are more bad news for a state economy that hasn’t seen consistent job growth in years. Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased in August by three-tenths of a percentage point to 11.2 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB).

In the wake of the GOP’s dismal showing in Tuesday’s elections, Rep. Roy Blunt (Mo.), the House Republican whip, is stepping down from his leadership perch,

Whether or not House Democrats end up seeing the anti-torture memo that Philip Zelikow wrote while at the State Department in 2005, a Senate Judiciary

Cornell University researchers have found that natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing creates more damaging greenhouse gas emissions than coal. Methane leaks from hydraulic fracturing operations have not been taken into account by those promoting natural gas as a less-polluting “bridge fuel” Robert W. Howarth, Renee Santoro, and Anthony Ingraffea write in an article slated to run in an upcoming edition of the journal Climatic Change

As I’ve reported, the piece of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) energy and oil spill response bill likely to gin up the most controversy is language

The organizers of Friday’s prayer rally at Ford Field have targeted not only Muslims but also Freemasons, claiming that the group’s practices allow the Biblical false god Baal to control parts of the United States. Rachel Tabachnick at Talk2Action has been listening to the frequent conference calls that Transformation Michigan, the key local organizing group, has been hosting and reports on a pre-rally planning call from September.

Interest groups are already lining up to use the Supreme Court’s decision today in Ricci v. DeStefano in their favor, whether they support or oppose the

Despite improving economic indicators in GDP, consumer spending and business optimism, the United States’ unemployment rate remains high -- flirting with double

Charter school champion The Walton Foundation has released its 2010 giving breakdown for the group’s education donations. Seven geographic areas received

So said the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Tuesday evening. The possibility was raised by Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) himself, who told

After analysis by the House Fiscal Agency and the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Michigan State University’s tuition increase was found to be within the parameters set forth by the state, sparing the university from more funding cuts.

Nearly all of Georgia’s immigration-enforcement state law, better known as H.B. 87, goes into effect today in the midst of protests over its provisions. # This week, a federal judge in Georgia granted a preliminary injunction against key provisions of the law that would allow police to investigate the immigration status of certain suspects and a measure punishing those who knowingly harbor illegal immigrants.

Two weeks after receiving a standing ovation from a largely Latino crowd at an anti-abortion rally in Los Angeles, Perry was met with a “tepid” and

<p>Remember all that stuff about benchmarks in Iraq? And how&mdash;huzzah!&mdash;the Iraqi government had spent nearly 25 percent of its 2007

As a member of the U.S. House Armed Services committee, Colorado Republican Rep

A recent surge in pharmacy applications in the state of Florida could spell trouble for the state’s notorious prescription drug problem.