Economic Stimulus Plan

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - An environmental group on Nov. 30 accused the U.S. Bureau of Land Management of neglecting science in favor of politics while the agency conducts six ecological studies covering millions of acres and a variety of landscapes across...

Occupy DC has survived the police, the cold and Darrell Issa. But now, they’re facing a potentially tough foe: rats...

Wednesday's print column. Of all the nuggets of Richard M. Daley's wit and wisdom that veteran WLS-AM 890 political reporter Bill Cameron unearthed in a recent search of his audio vault, my favorite is this: What really makes narcotics so......

IRVINE — Plans for nearly 5,000 new homes ringing the Orange County Great Park won preliminary approval from a divided City Council last week. Irvine officials voted 3 to 2 on Tuesday night to OK general plan and zoning changes and $40 million in...

President Barack Obama challenged Congress on Thursday to enact a $447 billion package of tax cuts and new spending to revive a stalled job market but he faces an uphill fight with Republicans. With his poll numbers at new lows amid public frustration...

President Barack Obama's plan to combat unemployment by pumping $447 billion into the nation's economy won cautious praise from Maryland-based small-business owners and labor groups Friday, but there was widespread skepticism about the proposal's...

President Barack Obama's jobs bill, which would put us in the red another $450 billion, is doomed to fail just like his previous economic stimulus plans. They all failed and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. Congress needs to vote this one down. Mr....

With jobs on everyone’s mind, the Washington County Commissioners have approved a little economic stimulus of their own, eliminating or easing some of the stumbling blocks that can come between business and new construction. The two-year program...

5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.   Greg Jarrett                               6:09 a.m.  Sun-Times D.C. Bureau chief Lynn Sweet provides details on President Obama's plan for additional taxes on those who can theoretically afford it.  The GOP is calling it ‘...

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the start of his presidential campaign, Bill Clinton on Saturday offered a vigorous defense of President Barack Obama against what he called the same anti-government stances he faced during his campaign and two terms in...

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have voted to kill the White House jobs bill despite weeks of campaign-style barnstorming by President Barack Obama across the country. Forty-six Republicans joined with two Democrats to filibuster the $447 billion plan....