National Govt & Politics Stories for July 2012
Stories for Saturday, July 28
State mental health dollars bypassing mentally ill
As state mental health services have crumbled under budget cuts, tens of millions of dollars raised through a tax designed to help the mentally ill have gone to "wellness" programs like horseback riding for teens and yoga classes for city workers. And that's by design. Voters approved Proposition 63, the ...
Stories for Friday, July 27
US report says Iraq 'rebuilders' died by hundreds
In the first tally of its kind, a federal investigative agency has calculated that at least 719 people, nearly half of them Americans, were killed working on projects to rebuild Iraq following the United States invasion in 2003. The toll represents an aspect of the Iraq war that is rarely ...
Stories for Thursday, July 26
Obama, Romney talk guns after Colorado massacre
The White House made clear Thursday that new legislation on gun control will not be on the political agenda this election year, as President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney engaged in their most extensive discussions on the issue since last week's Colorado theater shootings. Their comments revived — ...
Senate panel debates living spaces for egg-laying hens
The freedom of a hen to flap its wings and move around became an issue of congressional concern Thursday as a Senate committee discussed legislation to set national standards for the treatment of egg-laying hens. The debate over how much space hens should have in their coops has drawn the ...
Senate passes cuts for all but richest Americans
The Senate has debated, sniped and voted on the politically fraught issue of tax cuts, and next week it'll be the House's turn. Still, Americans won't know until after the November elections how much more of their paychecks will go to the government next year. Turning both houses of Congress ...
Stories for Wednesday, July 25
Feds act to stop sale of magnetic Buckyballs
The government is taking legal steps to stop the sale of some high-powered desktop toys for adults because children are getting hurt. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has filed an administrative complaint against New York-based Maxfield & Oberton, the manufacturer of Buckyballs -- those small but very powerful magnets that ...
Stories for Tuesday, July 24
Romney seeks independent probe of White House leak
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday called for an independent investigation into claims the White House had leaked national security information for President Barack Obama's political gain, part of a searing speech that marked a wholesale indictment of the Democrat's foreign policy. In a race that has so far ...
Federal plan expedites solar development in West
The Obama administration moved Tuesday to streamline the development of large-scale solar projects on public lands by approving 17 vast tracts across the West it says has the highest power-generating potential and the fewest environmental impacts. As developers scramble to secure utility-scale solar sites, the plan will move the Department ...
Obama deportation proposal could cost $585 million
The Obama administration's new plan to grant temporary work permits to many young, illegal immigrants who otherwise could be deported may cost more than $585 million, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Homeland Security Department plans, marked "not for distribution," describe steps that immigrants will need ...
Obama, Romney jab anew, foreign affairs at fore
Their goodwill moment gone, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney plunged back into their acrimonious political campaign on Monday, Obama doubting Romney's readiness to be commander in chief, Romney accusing the president's team of offering "almost all attack ads." Days after the Colorado movie massacre brought reflection and talk ...
Stories for Wednesday, July 11
High-powered lesbians create a PAC of their own
As a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, her politically active family's sole Democrat, and a sister with three brothers, Laura Ricketts is comfortable being the odd woman out. But it has not escaped her notice that lesbians such as her are in the minority at political events for gay donors, ...
Stories for Monday, July 2
Stalled federal food, safety regulations could pose health risks
In the Bay Area this year, one in six people will get sick from tainted food and about 100 will die. New federal rules that could prevent food-borne illness have been bogged down by the government. Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act 18 months ago, the first overhaul of ...
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