by Kelly Zimmerman | Jul 29, 2011 | Politics, Topics
July is almost over, but there are still a few days left to celebrate National Hot Dog Month. And that’s what members of Congress and staffers did Wednesday afternoon. The American Meat Institute hosted its annual luncheon on Capitol Hill to celebrate the hot dog....
by Kelly Zimmerman | Jul 28, 2011 | Politics
WASHINTON—Tyler Warman is too young to vote, but he’s been practicing politics for years. The 17-year-old high school student from Anaheim, Calif., is one of hundreds who have passed through the Washington area this summer to participate in conferences sponsored by...
by Kelly Zimmerman | Jul 26, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Student body presidents from four Vermont colleges joined forces with student leaders from 40 other states in an effort to push Congress and the president to raise the federal debt ceiling and cut spending. The “Do We Have a Deal Yet?”...
by Kelly Zimmerman | Jul 19, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Fail fast. That was the unconventional advice from Ed Rensi, former chief executive of McDonald’s Corp., to young people just starting out in business. “Take a risk. Try something. Do something,” he said to more than 100 young business types at a recent...
by Kelly Zimmerman | Jul 7, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON –A string of laws and proposals popping up across the country this year to strengthen voter ID requirements are part of an effort to discourage students, who turned out in large numbers for President Barack Obama in 2008, from voting, the head of Rock the...
