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Going to court may be “the best way” to resolve a dispute over water rights between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association, according to a former Forest Service ski area permit coordinator.

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who promised in February to scrutinize the Obama budget proposal “line by line” for any potential cuts, gave his staff some

A classic example of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s interview style here, as she eggs on Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to demand the resignation of House Speaker

Faced with rising criticism from economists and Democrats alike, President-elect Barack Obama yesterday scrapped his plan to include $150 billion in business

Since last week’s Supreme Court decision freeing corporations to spend unlimited sums to influence elections, there’s been a great deal of debate about what

Pun of the day so far by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Virg.), regarding Rep. Stephen Lynch’s (D-Mass.) questioning of Clemens. Davis said Lynch asked Clemons a bunch of

Speaking on MSNBC yesterday night, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) pushed for the Obama administration to choose Elizabeth Warren -- a Harvard Law professor and the

The “Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011” sponsored by Rep. John Mica , R-Winter Park, passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today in a 35-20 vote. Environmental law firm Earthjustice argues that the bill is misleading in name, and would do little more than “turn back the clock on existing clean water safeguards.” # Other environmental groups have dubbed Mica’s measure a “dirty water bill,” and argue that it would essentially rewrite the Clean Water Act — removing the EPA’s authority to object to state-approved permits and revise state water quality standards. # “This is not about the state versus the EPA

Via Change.org, some interesting information about a proposed Arizona-style immigration bill in Florida: The bill includes a provision allowing Canadians and

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing this morning focused on escalating drug-related violence at the U.S.-Mexico border highlighted the key role of the

Senate Republicans have included a provision in a health and human services omnibus bill that would repeal Minnesota’s minors’ consent laws. Those laws, first enacted in 1971, allow Minnesotans under the age of 18 to access mental and physical health care, as well as substance use care.

Department of professional jealosy: Danger Room’s Nathan Hodge is in Kabul, about to do some reporting about Afghanistan’s summer of the surge, with an

Last week I broke the story of a proposal from Stuart Bowen, the inspector general for the Iraq war, to create a new agency for coordinating and directing

UPDATE: When this piece was posted, we reported that McCain strategist Charlie Black said the North Carolina Republican party would not air the controversial

Two great pieces, one at the Daily Beast by Adam Clymer and the other at U.N. Dispatch by Matthew Cordell, take stock of the Kennedy legacy on foreign affairs.

I see what Mark Wuerker is illustrating with this cartoon -- which portrays Americans for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist and FreedomWorks’s Dick Armey shedding

The old Florida capitol (Pic by Diligent Terrier, via Wikimedia Commons) A patient advocacy group is asking the feds to not grant insurance companies in Florida exemption from profit caps mandated by federal law. Florida’s insurance commissioner recently asked for a waiver of the mandate. Florida CHAIN (Community Health Action Information Network) has asked the U.S.

A recent string of opinion columns proves just how intense the debate over new water rules proposed by the EPA have become in Florida. # The “numeric nutrient criteria” are currently mandated by the EPA, which has been calling on states to develop stringent measurements of nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen (which cause algal blooms and fish kills) since 1998. In January 2009, following a lawsuit in which a judge determined that the state of Florida was not meeting requirements in the Clean Water Act, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection committed to a deadline to establish numeric criteria in the state. # Despite an extended deadline, the department was unable to draft the criteria in time — forcing the EPA to step in and draft the criteria itself

The Republican-led state Legislature ended its session last night by passing a highly controversial package of reforms that reduce job security for teachers. The Detroit Free Press reports that the bills will: • Extend from four years to five the time it takes a new teacher to earn tenure protection. • Bar districts from using seniority as a primary factor when laying off teachers

Westminster, Colo. -- Sen. Barack Obama gave another detailed economic address on Monday afternoon, but it was mostly beside the point. He ticked through his

Brian Maloney writes at the Radio Equalizer that conservative Boston talk show hosts have been yanked and banned today. He writes of WTKK-FM host Michael

With the Pakistani foreign minister and Army chief of staff in town, what does Leon Panetta vow in his first conversation with the press as director of the CIA?