NEW YORK-Despite the signing of the new debt ceiling agreement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank to its lowest levels since March. In its 8th session of falling stocks, the market has entered its longest losing streak since October 2008.
JUNEAU-Governor Sean Parnell is fighting the federal government’s recent attempt at regulatory expansion and control under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Parnell detailed Alaska’s concerns with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) expanding their control over private, state, and municipal lands under the agencies’ “Draft Guidance on Identifying […]
WASHINGTON — NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the first ever to orbit an object in the main asteroid belt, is spiraling toward its first of four intensive science orbits. That initial orbit of the rocky world Vesta begins Aug. 11, at an altitude of nearly 1,700 miles (2,700 kilometers) and will provide in-depth analysis of the asteroid. […]
WASHINGTON D.C.-President Obama on Tuesday signed the debt limit bill passed by the Senate and the House. He signed it in private in the Oval Office about an hour after receiving it.