THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Florida Only State In US With An Official Chef
Tamara Lush | Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The air in the parking lot of Orlando’s Citrus Bowl smells like fresh cut oranges, shrimp and barbecue. A crowd has gathered before the game around a guy in a black chef’s coat. A camera crew orbits as he sets some shrimp and star melon kebabs [...]
Emboldened GOP Wants to Abolish State Income Taxes
Sean Murphy | Associated Press
January 31, 2012
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative’s dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes. The idea has circulated among academics and think-tank researchers for years. [...]
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Obama Decries Rising Cost of College Education
Jim Kuhnenn | Associated Press
January 28, 2012
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds. The election year proposal was also a political appeal to young people and working [...]
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Ala. Family Lives Amid Rubble From April Tornado
Jay Reese | Associated Press
January 10, 2012
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Geraldine Horton steps out of her apartment into a broken world that looks much as it did the day after a killer tornado plowed through town last spring. Buildings are sliced in two across the street from her home and next door; broken bricks litter her [...]
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Education Law’s Promise Falls Short After 10 Years
Kimberly Hefling | AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP)
January 9, 2012
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TON (AP) — The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation’s poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. Yet after a decade on the books, President George W. Bush’s [...]
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Obama Plans Change in Immigration Rule on Waivers
Amy Taxin | Associated Press
January 6, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration proposed a rule change Friday to reduce the time that undocumented immigrant spouses and children are separated from their American relatives while they try to gain legal status in the United States. Currently, many undocumented immigrants must leave the country before they can ask [...]
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Abortion, Immigration Changes Among New 2012 Laws
Andrew Welsh-Huggins | Associated Press WASHINGTON
December 28, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Girls seeking abortions in New Hampshire must first tell their parents or a judge, employers in Alabama must verify new workers’ U.S. residency, and California students will be the first in the country to receive mandatory lessons about the contributions of gays and lesbians under the set [...]
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States Get a Say on Health Benefits in Obama’s Law
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Associated Press
December 20, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday rolled out a benefits framework for millions of people who will get private insurance through the health care overhaul, but states will decide the specifics.The new law calls for the federal government to set a basic benefits package for private insurance. But [...]
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Report: Half of Schools Fail Federal Standards
Dorie Turner | AP Education ATLANTA (AP) —
December 15, 2011
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ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday. The Center on Education Policy report shows more than [...]
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GOP Blocks Obama Nominee to Head Financial Agency
Jim Abrams | Associated Press
December 14, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle over the future of a new financial watchdog office recently escalated with Senate Republicans blocking confirmation of the man President Barack Obama named to head the office and Obama countering by holding out the possibility of appointing the nominee when Congress is on recess. Senate [...]
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