Tag: Associated Press

Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Sept. 10. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Florida governor vows GOP will win big this year

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Sept. 12, 2013 photo provided by the Office of the Governor of New Jersey, Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly, right, stands with Gov. Chris Christie, left, during a tour of the Seaside Heights, N.J. boardwalk after it was hit by a massive fire. Christie fired Kelly Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, and apologized over and over for his staff's "stupid" behavior, insisting during a nearly two-hour news conference that he had no idea anyone around him had engineered traffic jams as part of a political vendetta against a Democratic mayor. (AP Photo/Office of Gov. Chris Christie, Tim Larsen)

Chris Christie aide is latest to use private emails

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

A leading industry analyst said the proposal would represent a significant change for Medicare's prescription benefit, which is highly popular with beneficiaries. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Proposed Medicare drug change stirs access worries

Associated Press, Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Aug. 31, 2011 file photo shows Assemblyman Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Immigrants who are in California illegally should have access to health insurance through a state version of the Affordable Care Act, Lara, the head of the Legislature's Latino caucus said Friday Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Health care push for those in California

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Oregon chief justice: Funding helps restore state courts

Oregon chief justice: Funding helps restore state courts

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Former Arkansas Rep. Asa Hutchinson speaks during a news conference at National Press Club in Washington on April 2. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Former Rep. Asa Hutchinson raises $445K for governor bid

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

World War II veteran Jack Cooper, 93, of Richardson, Texas, holds a sign as he joins approximately 40 others demonstrating in front of the Social Security Administration building in Dallas on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Veterans Affairs under fire for proposed disability filing rule

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 photo, Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr is interviewed at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Darr on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 said he would leave office Feb. 1, giving in to pressure from Democrats and fellow Republicans who said his impeachment was inevitable over ethics violations tied to his campaign and office spending. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr says he’ll resign over ethics case

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during a 2004 news conference in his Jerusalem office regarding education reform. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at 85

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad speaks during The Associated Press' annual legislative seminar, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa lawmakers set modest goals for legislative session as campaigns loom

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski answers questions at the Statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

New Jersey legislator investigating bridge scandal to appear on CBS Sunday

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am

People wait in line for water from a tanker truck on Friday at Riverside High School near Charleston, W.Va., after a chemical spill left the water for 300,000 people in and around West Virginia's capital city stained blue-green and smelling like licorice. (AP Photo/The Daily Mail, Craig Cunningham)

Energy and Environment

4 hospitalized in West Virginia after chemical spill

Associated Press · January 11, 2014 5:00 am