Take an American family, including, say, a special needs child and a teen daughter who's pregnant. Add a mom charged with a high-profile, demanding position.
When Alaska governor and self-professed "hockey mom" Sarah Palin became the running mate for
Wouldn't you know it?
"Hockey moms of the world unite!" Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. squeaked.
His first moments in front of a national television audience and a cold leaves him sounding like Peter Brady.
After getting bumped from his five-minute,
When Sacramento lobbyist Kari Dohn Decker was in Manhattan last week, she stopped by a Starbucks at 48th and Lexington for a coffee and a snack. What she saw startled her.
Starbucks, by order of New York City, had listed the calories in every item on
When Republicans in the state Legislature finally unveiled a budget proposal the other day, they made the audacious claim they had "proven you can balance California's budget without raising taxes."
They'd probably have a better chance of selling such
payment of state deficit financing bonds. Local governments were then allowed to retain an even larger share of property taxes to make up for the loss of sales tax money.
AMONG THE MANY things that make balancing the California budget so difficult is
Eliminate eligibility for thousands of poor people in the Medi-Cal health program.
Cut grants to families on welfare by 5 percent.
Deny cash grants to children in families on welfare when the adult in the family has not met work participation
Imagine it’s 100 years ago. 1908. You’re starting an ice cream business. You plan to illuminate your new factory with gas lamps; store the ice cream in ice boxes, and deliver it to stores with a fleet of sparkling new horse-drawn buggies. To process
With the bunting and balloons of the Republican National Convention fading away, the 2008 presidential campaign now moves into a two-month frenzy of debates and rallies.
Looking back, who showed up here and who didn't tells a lot about Campaign
law. Schwarzenegger aides say they're preparing for that ploy, however, and insist it won't work.
Gideon J. Tucker's famous warning that "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" takes on new meaning now that
While Washington takes the latest projections for a record budget deficit in its usual carefree stride, the fiscal situation out in the country, where imbalances have real and serious consequences, is deteriorating very fast.
Within the past year,