Jim Kuhnhenn

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State of the Union: High volume, low yield

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 23, 2014 8:09 am

State of the Union: Of pledges, pleas and setbacks

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 22, 2014 10:59 pm

Obama, Francis to meet amid shared economic view

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 22, 2014 2:09 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and jobs and manufacturing, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Obama urges action on expanding college access

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 16, 2014 5:58 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of ProAmerica Bank, arrives to speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) in Washington. President Barack Obama intends to nominate Contreras-Sweet, a former California cabinet secretary, to be head of the Small Business Administration, according to a White House official. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama nominates Calif. businesswoman to lead SBA

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 15, 2014 9:37 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of ProAmerica Bank, arrives to speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) in Washington. President Barack Obama intends to nominate Contreras-Sweet, a former California cabinet secretary, to be head of the Small Business Administration, according to a White House official. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama to nominate Calif. businesswoman to lead SBA

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 15, 2014 4:05 pm

Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of PROMERICA Bank, arrives to speak at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) in Washington, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to nominate California businesswoman to lead Small Business Administration

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks to the media before meeting his Cabinet meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: On economy, focus is on executive actions

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 14, 2014 5:38 pm

President Obama intends to nominate Stanley Fischer, a former head of the Bank of Israel, to be vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen, who is ascending to the central bank's chairmanship. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Former Bank of Israel head gets Fed vice chair nod

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about his Promise Zones Initiative, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Also on stage are representatives and community members from each of the five Zones. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Obama unveils first 5 ‘Promise Zones’

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 9, 2014 9:46 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Benefits debate is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 2:46 pm

Business lobby seeks major push on immigration

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 5:00 am