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Obama defends education plans
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:08:34 -0700
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President Obama on Thursday defended his education policies before a skeptical audience at the National Urban League convention, calling his signature "Race to the Top" program the most "meaningful" initiative the nation has pursued in years. Mr. Obama credited the $4 billion strategy with turning around failing schools across the ...
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Tastee Sub Shop in Edison ready for lunch with Obama
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:16:43 -0700
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The honor will not be lost on Carl Padovano and Dave Thornton, owners of the Tastee Sub Shop, who will host President Barack Obama early Wednesday afternoon.
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Tastee Sub customers offer menu, economic advice for Obama
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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:24:40 -0700
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EDISON Were President Barack Obama to ask Judy Sandlin of Piscataway to recommend something on the menu at Tastee Sub Shop she would suggest the No. 13, the salami and cheese.
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MONDAY MAN Mission to propel education forward
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:16:36 -0700
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He never stops working. As minister of Education and Human Resources, Ronald Jones, 52, has the huge and overall responsibility to develop education in the country.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce spending millions to oppose Obama agenda
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:24:44 -0700
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Over the past year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has spent nearly $3 million a week in opposition to President Barack Obama's major agenda items, breaking all previous lobbying records and placing a political bet on the Republican Party.
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Martha Kanter pushes to boost student performance nationwide
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Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:15:44 -0700
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by Chris Kenrick From a hushed corner office overlooking the Capitol dome and the Washington Mall, former Midpeninsula resident Martha Kanter pursues on a grand scale her quest to help the underdog. Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District from 2003 to 2009, was tapped last year by President Barack Obama to be undersecretary of education -- the first top-level ...
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WaPo s Chamber Piece Misses a Few Notes
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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:05:16 -0700
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The Washington Post looks at the recent record of the Chamber of Commerce and puts a lot in the loss column. But readers would get a truer portrait of the organization, and the city it operates in, if the piece pointed out that sometimes those losses can still be wins.
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Obama Signs Bill Overhauling Financial Rules
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Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:12:38 -0700
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12:25 p.m. | Updated President Obama signed into law on Wednesday a sweeping expansion of federal financial regulation, marking another and perhaps last major legislative victory before the midterm elections in November, which could recast the Congressional landscape, The New York Timess Helene Cooper reports from Washington.
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Sweeping Wall Street and Bank Reform Passes Senate, Heads for Obama Signature
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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:43:26 -0700
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) - The U. S. Congress last week finally passed the most sweeping legislation on bank and Wall Street reform in 70 years.
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49ers' football program needs only one more signature
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Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:01:10 -0700
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UNC Charlotte's first on-campus football stadium is now just a governor's signature away from becoming a reality.
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