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DC Mayor Arrested for Protesting Budget Restrictions

WASHINGTON -- The budget deal lawmakers struck to avoid a government shutdown was greeted by some with relief, but it has one city already reeling: the capital itself. City officials say Washington was used as a pawn last week's budget bargaining, with new restrictions part of the price of a deal. Angry that Congress...

No Budget Deal Yet as Possible Government Shutdown Looms

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's second ranking Democrat said Wednesday that negotiators on the budget are making progress but that conservative GOP policy prescriptions remain obstacles as they scramble to avert a government shutdown this weekend. "I feel better today than I did yesterday," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill....

Wisconsin Union Law Likely on Hold for 2 Months

MADISON, Wis. -- A week ago, Wisconsin Republicans thought they'd won the fight over the state's polarizing union rights bill. They'd weathered massive protests, outfoxed Senate Democrats who fled the state and gotten around a restraining order blocking the law by having an obscure state agency publish it. They even...

Labor Backers Arrested at Tenn. Capitol Protest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Troopers forcibly carried out seven union supporters from the Tennessee's legislative office complex on Tuesday after their protest disrupted a Senate committee hearing. Erik Schelzig / AP State troopers work to remove pro-labor protesters who disrupted a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in...

Last WWI Vet Buckles Will Lie in Basement at Arlington, Not Capitol Rotunda

WASHINGTON -- The last American doughboy from World War I will lie in honor in a basement chapel of the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery -- not the U.S. Capitol rotunda -- and then be interred on Tuesday. In a brief announcement, the cemetery said Army Cpl. Frank Buckles, who died at 110 on Feb. 27, will be...

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06/01/12 Mental health advocates work with lawmakers ahead of... Source: News 8 Austin - Austin TX They touch the lives of about 500,000 Texans, so state mental health workers want to be sure lawmakers know the industry's needs before they reconvene in January.
06/01/12 6 arrested at minimum wage protest in NY Capitol Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News ALBANY, N.Y. — Six Occupy Albany demonstrators were charged with misdemeanor trespassing in New York's Capitol on Thursday in a demonstration aimed at raising the minimum wage.
05/31/12 House Panel Approves Continued Filming Near Capitol Source: DCist - Washington DC The House Appropriations Committee approved today an amendment that would continue to permit film production companies to continue to shoot in Union Square, the park off the west side of the U.S. Capitol that last year was transfered from the National Park Service's oversight to that of the Architect of the Capitol.
05/31/12 Volleyball team, 2 tennis players get cash rewards... Source: Sun Star - Philippines GOV. Gwen Garcia invited the Catmon elementary girls' volleyball team to simple recognition ceremonies at the Capitol yesterday for winning their fifth gold medal in the Palarong Pambansa.
05/31/12 CT KIds Court finalists stand up against bullying Source: Stamford Plus - Stamford CT The State of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, the State Department of Education, The African American Affairs Commission, the Asian American Affairs Commission and the Office of Protection and Advocacy are co-sponsoring the CT Kids' Court Essay Competition which will take place this evening at the state Capitol in the Old Judiciary room at 5:00.