House leaders unveil long-term transportation bill

On Tuesday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) and Members of the Committee unveiled the long-awaited American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act, which looks to authorize approximately $260 billion over five years to fund federal highway, transit and safety programs at current funding levels.

Avoiding Congress’s fiscal bombs

A grim surprise was tucked inside the Congressional Budget Office’s latest budget outlook . Economic growth, it said, would be only 2 percent in 2012, falling to 1.1 percent in 2013. That’s horrible. It’s far beneath the growth rate required for the economy and job market to recover. But it’s also probably wrong— provided that Congress wants it to be wrong. Because the CBO isn’t saying the ...

Gibson briefs vets on new laws and those in the works

CATSKILL — In a veteran’s advisory meeting with area vets Friday, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, updated the former servicemen of the laws passed in 2011 as well as the ones heading in the Senate’s direction.

Gibson: Health care for all veterans

CATSKILL — In a veteran’s advisory meeting with area vets Friday, U.S Representative Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, updated the former servicemen of the laws passed in 2011 as well as the ones heading in the Senate’s direction.

Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials

The Associated Press Jan. 23 The (Riverside) Press-Enterprise: "Prison secrecy" Thwarting public scrutiny of California's prisons is foolish policy, particularly given the corrections system's large cost and numerous legal troubles. Legislators should pass a bill that would give reporters greater access to prison inmates, and end a practice more intended to deter bad publicity than serve any ...