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Community colleges central to Obama’s plan for economy
July 15, 2009WARREN, Mich. -- President Obama came to Warren, Michigan's third largest city and one that has been hit hard by the loss of auto jobs, to unveil a plan to help the nation’s community colleges. As...
Read moreWill the Communists nationalize Juniors junkyard?
July 15, 2009Today is Saturday, so I crank up my old pickup truck and head down the old dirt road to see my good friend Junior. I love this old truck and every rattle that goes with it....
Read moreHouse leaders unveil sweeping health care plan
July 15, 2009House leaders today announced their plan for a sweeping health care reform bill and the House Ways and Means Committee announced that it will vote on the proposal this Thursday. The bill, called America’s Affordable Health...
Read moreSmiling Sotomayor rebuts GOP senators
July 15, 2009WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, first Puerto Rican woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that her life story is “uniquely American” and that she now seeks a seat on...
Read moreLawmakers propose stronger plant closing notification law
July 15, 2009WASHINGTON –(Workday Minnesota) Saying the nation’s 21-year-old plant closing law needs to be widened and toughened to account for changes in today’s economy, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in late June to do so....
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