Projected lower deficit could slow any budget deal


WASHINGTON (AP) — The good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago. The bad news for deficit hawks is that the development could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.
 
 
 

No sequester furloughs at State Department
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite budget cuts requiring most federal agencies to furlough workers, the State...
 

Gen Y: Why we’re so cynical
Gen Y has been called lazy, haplessly doomed and politically apathetic. Why do they feel this way? Short...
 

Congress approves bill to end airport delays Video
Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed...
 

Fact check: Did FAA have to furlough controllers?
The FAA has no choice but to cut $637 million as its share of $85 billion in automatic, government-wide...
 

Senate passes bill to end FAA furloughs
With flight delays mounting, the Senate approved hurry-up legislation Thursday night to end air traffic...
 

Flight delays pile up amid budget cuts
Normally, there are 10 air traffic controllers at a regional facility handling arrivals for Los Angeles...
 

Simpson and Bowles offer modified budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into...
 

TSA official says no employee furloughs expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Transportation Security Administration official says so far, so good for...
 

Bowles sees 'seeds of hope' in Obama budget
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Erskine Bowles, who chaired President Barack Obama's deficit commission three...
 
 
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US Politics


Speculation growing for Hillary in 2016
In her first appearance after ending her stint as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton excited her fans, excited for…
 

Social Status: Harlem Shake campaigns
It’s not uncommon to see YouTube trends come and go, but it’s always fun to watch politicians get involved.
 

Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty in campaign…
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged…
 

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White House News


Obama honors police officers killed in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is honoring police officers killed in the line of duty, saying members of law…
 

A timeline of the IRS's scrutiny of the…
A look at events leading to the disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service placed conservative groups under special scrutiny…
 

Trio of troubles threatening Obama's second…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda when a December school massacre…
 

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Supreme Court News


Court: State can block out of state use…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it's legal for Virginia to block out-of-state people from using its Freedom of…
 

TV-over-Internet service Aereo expands…
NEW YORK (AP) — Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries,…
 

OWI ruling by Supreme Court has local impact
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week with a ruling that, like many high court rulings, could have a significant impact…
 

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Wisconsin (change)

 
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Wisconsin’s population totaled 5,686,986, a 6.0% increase over the 2000 U.S. Census count of 5,363,715. (Source: Wisconsin Blue Book)
 
Offices & Officials

Governor: Scott Walker
Lieutenant Governor: Rebecca Kleefisch
Attorney General: J.B. Van Hollen

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