AP's Philip Elliott, with Justin Pope, "[T]he U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options. The directive … could bring sweeping changes to school budgets and locker rooms ... Schools would be required to make 'reasonable modifications' for...
National Journal writes, “Obama’s inaugural address was his clearest signal yet that he intends to take on climate change. … For now, it’s unlikely he’ll be able to get a bill through Congress. But the president does have in his executive arsenal one powerful—and controversial—climate-change weapon he could wield without...
55% of the public, including majorities of Republicans and Democrats, say state-based health insurance exchanges should be a top priority for their state government, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Within the next few years, women in the military will no longer be banned from serving in combat. As the Associated Press reported Wednesday, “women will soon become eligible for hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and possibly elite commando jobs.” The orders Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave to military...
“The Pentagon could begin furloughing civilian employees one day a week starting in mid-April if sequestration took effect on its new March 1 deadline,” Politico reports. ... A Pentagon spokeswoman, asked to confirm the account, acknowledged that officials have been preparing for sequester under the instructions of Defense Secretary Leon...
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that he will become the chairman. He takes over from the late Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI).
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