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Hotels Count More Than Politics As GOP Weighs Sites For 2016 Convention

Hotels Count More Than Politics As GOP Weighs Sites For 2016 Convention

March 4, 2014

By David Lightman and Lindsay Wise McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — Hotels, transportation and finances — not political considerations — will matter most to Republican officials...

EPA Restricts Sulfur In Gasoline To Help Cut Auto Emissions

EPA Restricts Sulfur In Gasoline To Help Cut Auto Emissions

March 4, 2014

By Neela Banerjee Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency issued final rules Monday to slash the amount of sulfur in gasoline, which would help cut smog-causing...

Now Open: The Hillary Clinton (Campaign?) Store

Now Open: The Hillary Clinton (Campaign?) Store

March 4, 2014

By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) ARLINGTON, Va. — In a concrete high-rise across the river from the nation’s capital, the Hillary Clinton store is open for business. There...

Health Insurance Enrollment Efforts Enter Their Final Month

Health Insurance Enrollment Efforts Enter Their Final Month

March 1, 2014

By Tony Pugh McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — After a horrendous start and months of playing catch-up against a barrage of political attacks, supporters of the Affordable Care...

Duke Freshman Says She Pays Tuition with Porn Star Earnings

Duke Freshman Says She Pays Tuition with Porn Star Earnings

February 27, 2014

By Jane Stancill The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) (MCT) DURHAM, N.C. — When “Duke” and “porn star” appear in the same headline, the university gets a public relations headache. Duke...

Senators: Keystone Pipeline Needs Review For Health Impacts

February 27, 2014

McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — Saying the health impact of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline hasn’t been properly explored, two Democratic senators on Wednesday called on the...

Bachelor Degrees From Community Colleges On California Horizon

Bachelor Degrees From Community Colleges On California Horizon

February 27, 2014

By Katy Murphy and Paul Burgarino San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN JOSE, Calif. — California’s community college students could soon stay put — and pay a lot less — to earn what they thought...

Addressing Suicide Among Seemingly Successful College Students

Addressing Suicide Among Seemingly Successful College Students

February 25, 2014

By Susan Snyder The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) PHILADELPHIA — Christopher Aiello broke into tears — again — when he got a call last month about Madison Holleran, a promising scholar-athlete...

Supreme Court Hears States’ Objections To Greenhouse Gas Rules

Supreme Court Hears States’ Objections To Greenhouse Gas Rules

February 24, 2014

By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed split down the middle Monday, and occasionally lost in the fog, as the justices confronted a challenge...

For Farmers, Decisions From New Farm Bill Will Be Taxing

For Farmers, Decisions From New Farm Bill Will Be Taxing

February 23, 2014

By Chris Adams McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — All the jawboning about the big farm bill was over two weeks ago, when Congress finally passed the $956 billion package. But...

Washington State Gets Leading Role In Clash Over Minimum Wage

Washington State Gets Leading Role In Clash Over Minimum Wage

February 22, 2014

By Rob Hotakainen McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — A bidding war of sorts has broken out in Washington state, where politicians are scrambling to raise the state’s minimum wage...

China Protests As Obama Meets With Dalai Lama

China Protests As Obama Meets With Dalai Lama

February 22, 2014

By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to the White House on Friday even as China warned that the...

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