WASHINGTON- The University of Hawaii’s National Disaster Preparedness Training Center will receive $4,800,000 to fund training programs designed to prepare first responders, policy makers and urban planners for tsunami, hurricanes and other…
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Lawsuits
Closed fishing area encompasses 54,096 square miles Digital News Report – Lawsuits from victims of the Gulf oil spill lawsuit are starting to spring-up across the country. The law offices of Lieff…
Gulf Oil Spill 2010 Causes May Never Be Known
Coast Guard Photo Digital News Report – On CNN, a top official of the oil businesses involved in the gulf oil spill admitted that “they” were not sure what happened to cause…
Nashville Flooding from Record Rainfall
Digital News Report – Downtown Nashville has been flooded after receiving record amounts of rain, 13 inches in only two days. The flooding has been so severe that the rain storm has…
Unemployment Extension May End
Digital News Report Digital News Report – The unemployment benefits extension may be coming to an end as some Democrats lose their desire to fight to keep the aid going. Republicans have…
Bayh Unveils Campaign Finance Bill to Reduce Influence of Special Interests on Elections
Digital News Report – Washington—Senator Evan Bayh today unveiled new legislation with three of his Senate colleagues to blunt the corrosive impact of a recent Supreme Court decision allowing corporations and special…
Floor Remarks of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander on Financial Reform
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I congratulate the Republican leader on his remarks. Listening to him, I was wondering how Kentuckians would respond to the thought that — as we seem to be…
Alexander Urges Energy Secretary to Consider a Small “Modular” Reactor for Oak Ridge
Digital News Report – WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) urged Energy Secretary Steven Chu today during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, of which Alexander is…
Senators introduce bill to establish a Chief Veterinary Officer in Dept. of Homeland Security
Digital News Report – WASHINGTON, DC – Today U.S. Senators Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) and John Ensign (R-NV) introduced a bipartisan bill that would formally establish a Chief Veterinary Officer in the…
Arizona Illegal Immigration Law
See videos below Digital News Report – The toughest illegal immigration law in the United States was signed Friday by Governor Jan Brewer. If police suspect someone is in the U.S. illegally…