by Kaitlin Meehan | Jul 21, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s choice for a seat on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sparred with Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday on the agency’s implementation of the Dodd-Frank bill. In his first confirmation hearing before...
by Kaitlin Meehan | Jul 18, 2011 | Business & Tech, Environment
The Farm Bill is up for renewal in 2012 and faces significant funding cuts. Kaitlin Meehan sat down with Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., to find out how local farmers are likely to be affected.
by Kaitlin Meehan | Jul 7, 2011 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama held the first-ever Twitter town hall Wednesday at the White House. Obama answered the most-popular questions from the public tweeted using the hashtag #AskObama. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey moderated the event and neither...
by Kaitlin Meehan | Jun 30, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission issued an advisory opinion Thursday giving comedian Stephen Colbert permission to form and promote a “Super PAC” allowing unlimited spending on the 2012 election. “Freedom isn’t free, but today we put a significant...
