Rules To Limit Marketing Unhealthy Food In Schools

The proposed rules come on the heels of USDA regulations that are now requiring foods in the school lunch line to be healthier.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Michelle Obama, Rachel Ray

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even the scoreboards in high school gyms eventually will have to promote good health. Moving beyond the lunch line, new rules that will be proposed Tuesday by the White House and the Agriculture Department would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools. They would phase out the advertising of sugary drinks and junk foods

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Organic Industry Clout Grows With Consumer Demand

Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn't going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee debate on a sweeping farm

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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration

When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event 2014 held since 1878 2014 with money from “corporate sponsors and the sale of commemorative wooden eggs,” according to the […]

Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica

When the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt faced cancellation this year due to the package of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, the National Park Service kicked into high gear. It rescued the event 2014 held since 1878 2014 with money from "corporate sponsors and the sale of commemorative wooden eggs," according to the Washington

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Jobless, Cities Could Be First To Feel Budget Pain

Who’ll be the first to feel the sting? Jobless Americans who have been out of work for a long time and local governments that are paying off loans to fix roads and schools are in tough spots when it comes to the automatic federal budget cuts that are scheduled to kick in Friday. About 2 […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Who'll be the first to feel the sting? Jobless Americans who have been out of work for a long time and local governments that are paying off loans to fix roads and schools are in tough spots when it comes to the automatic federal budget cuts that are scheduled to kick in Friday. About 2 million long-term unemployed people could see checks now

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Critics Complain Sandy Aid Tied To Other Projects

Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a “not-so-fast” campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past disasters and other projects […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, an unsafe for human occupancy sticker is attached to a home that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Bay Head, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past

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A Mistake: The Disproportionality Of Representation In The Senate

That the U.S. Constitution is a work of genius is taken for granted by many Americans.  It is “bedrock,” our “sacred text.” One might think its text was immutable, but it did contain a provision for amendments, which would tend to imply that its authors knew it wasn’t going to be perfect. The Constitution has […]

John Nordin
By John Nordin
In this Aug. 28, 2012, file photo Arizona Republican Senate candidate and current U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks at a primary election night party at his home in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

That the U.S. Constitution is a work of genius is taken for granted by many Americans.  It is “bedrock,” our “sacred text.” One might think its text was immutable, but it did contain a provision for amendments, which would tend to imply that its authors knew it wasn’t going to be perfect. The Constitution has been modified 27 times, with another

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