According to Senator Barbara Mikulski, Democrat from Maryland, women earn 77 cents for every dollar that men earn. Chances of that changing anytime soon was shot down in a cloture vote in the Senate yesterday.
WASHINGTON – Former Arizona State Representative Richard David Miranda was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in prison for defrauding a charity of more than $140,000 and evading income tax related to those unlawfully obtained funds, announced the Justice Department.
GALLUP, N.M. – Following through on President Obama’s direction to expedite high priority infrastructure projects for the nation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly and other leaders to break ground today on the historic Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, which will deliver clean running water to 200,000 members of the […]
A mounting death toll in Syria is prompting calls for stronger international action to oust President Bashar al-Assad. While the Obama administration is backing diplomacy, sanctions, and non-lethal aid to promote change, a U.S. lawmaker is demanding stronger measures.