Obama unveils new medical research initiative

WJXT JacksonvilleObama unveils new medical research initiativeWJXT JacksonvilleThe National Cancer Institute, the Food and Drug Administration and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology would all play a role in the creation and maintenance of the database as well. And the administration is asking ...

Dirty Pretty Rock

Foreign Policy (blog)Dirty Pretty RockForeign Policy (blog)In 2013, Barack Obama's administration unveiled tough standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new coal-fired plants, and it is working on rules that would do the same for existing power plants. If the regulations were implemented, estimates ...

Dirty Pretty Rock

Foreign Policy (blog)Dirty Pretty RockForeign Policy (blog)In 2013, Barack Obama's administration unveiled tough standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new coal-fired plants, and it is working on rules that would do the same for existing power plants. If the regulations were implemented, estimates ...

Obamas Climate Plan Threatens U.S. Forests

PoliticoObamas Climate Plan Threatens U.S. ForestsPoliticoPresident Obama's signature environmental initiative, his Clean Power Plan, is designed to fight climate change and crack down on America's carbon-emitting power plants. ... The three-page memo from acting assistant EPA administrator Janet McCabe of ...

White House Launches Techie Recruitment Effort

Re/codeWhite House Launches Techie Recruitment EffortRe/codeThe team's first two projects were basically fixing the tech systems that have embarrassed the Obama administration the most over the past few years. Most of the team initially focused on re-launching Healthcare.gov, the famously malfunctioning federal ...

Exclusive: CIAs Top Spy Steps Down

Daily BeastExclusive: CIAs Top Spy Steps DownDaily BeastBut former officials said they'd been anticipating that he might soon unveil more of his thinking about any reorganization. The CIA has also seen some shakeups in the senior ranks of late. Earlier this month, President Obama tapped David Cohen to be ...

12 State of the Union Spoilers: What We Already Know About Obama's Speech

KMBZ12 State of the Union Spoilers: What We Already Know About Obama's SpeechKMBZPaid Leave for Workers and Families: Obama will call on Congress to pass a bill that would require all U.S. companies to give employees seven days of paid sick leave a year. He'll also ask for $2 billion to help states start their own paid family and ...

What exactly is in President Obama's State of the Union proposals

PBS NewsHourWhat exactly is in President Obama's State of the Union proposalsPBS NewsHourHere's a look at the proposals President Obama is expected to unveil during Tuesday's State of the Union address. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images ... Action: Obama directed the Federal Housing Administration to lower its mortgage insurance premium ...

Blasts From The Past: A Look At Obama's Previous State of The Unions

NBCNews.comBlasts From The Past: A Look At Obama's Previous State of The UnionsNBCNews.comPresident Barack Obama will unveil a slate of reforms during Tuesday's State of the Union speech aimed to close "unfair" tax loopholes and ease the financial burden on middle class families. But he'll likely get a fight from Republicans on some key ...

Drillers Say Obama Plan to Plug Methane Leaks Imperils Boom

BloombergDrillers Say Obama Plan to Plug Methane Leaks Imperils BoomBloombergIn its statement, the Obama administration announced steps to address the leaks from the moment the well is drilled, through the processing, compression and storage stages, to delivery of the oil or gas to power plants and residential distribution ...

Obama pushes new methane limits for gas drilling, industry says 'energy ...

Fox NewsObama pushes new methane limits for gas drilling, industry says 'energy ...Fox NewsWASHINGTON – The Obama administration pushed new regulations Wednesday aimed at cutting methane emissions from the natural gas sector, calling the proposed rules a needed step to address global warming as industry groups warned the move would threaten ...

Is College the New High School?

The New YorkerIs College the New High School?The New YorkerPresident Obama unveils his proposal to boost access to higher education last week in Tennessee. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY MANDEL NGAN/AFP/ ... The Obama Administration has framed its community-college proposal as the obvious next phase of an expansion that ...

The War on Drugs Is Burning Out

RollingStone.comThe War on Drugs Is Burning OutRollingStone.comAnd in November, in a signature reform for outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, the Obama administration lightened prison sentences for federal drug offenders. This reform, modest on its face, nonetheless marks a striking- departure from three ...

Obama to Unveil Housing Policy Updates in Thursday Speech

National Mortgage Professional MagazineObama to Unveil Housing Policy Updates in Thursday SpeechNational Mortgage Professional MagazineHousing policy has been a difficult subject for the Obama Administration. In its first term, the administration mostly avoided addressing the fate of the government-sponsored enterprises and it left the office of director of the Federal Housing Finance ...

Editorial: SC shouldn't replace Common Core with inferior teaching standards

The StateEditorial: SC shouldn't replace Common Core with inferior teaching standardsThe StateUnfortunately, the Common Core opponents haven't been calmed, and the new standards that were unveiled last month are what you'd expect from a panel that tried to do in six months what a much broader panel of experts usually spends more than two years ...

Hybrid sales down, but EVs rise despite lower gas prices

Detroit Free PressHybrid sales down, but EVs rise despite lower gas pricesDetroit Free PressThe Obama administration's goal of 1 million battery-only and plug-in electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015 will not be achieved. ... General Motors is to unveil an upgraded Chevrolet Volt at the North American International Auto Show this month into ...