Tag: Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, D-Medina, looks over a document on the first day of the 2014 session of the Washington state Legislature, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Stalled immigrant bill could impact Washington state elections

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

A fireball goes up at the site of an oil train derailment on Monday in Casselton, N.D. (AP Photo/Bruce Crummy)

Energy and Environment

In North Dakota, derailment strengthens pipeline push

Associated Press · January 19, 2014 5:00 am

A U.S. border patrol vehicle drives along the U.S.-Mexico border fence on the outskirts of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, in July 2010. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)

Texas Republicans take hard line on immigration

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

On Jan. 13, workers inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at a Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

West Virginia spill latest case of coal tainting US waters

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is pictured on Aug. 1 in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, outlines his annual "Wastebook," which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 17. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate’s ‘Dr. No,’ Tom Coburn, leaves mark as tireless budget hawk

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., on Wednesday, Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Kansas to add health care services for developmentally disabled

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Friday. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Vladimir Putin appearing on ABC Sunday morning show

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

The nuclear power plant at Indian Point in Buchanan, N.Y., is pictured in May 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Contract deal reached for workers at NY nuke plant

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Paul LePage speaks to reporters at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on June 26. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine governor: Report underscores growing Medicaid costs

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering of homeowners in Manahawkin, N.J., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Chris Christie heads to Florida to raise money

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, speaks at a meeting in Washington in September 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Alaska’s U.S. Senate candidates weigh in on proposed minimum wage hike

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am