by Kelsey Snell | Jun 25, 2010 | Politics
Get the Flash Player to see this content. Jesse Higman’s painting will be on display at the Smithsonian Ripley International Gallery until August 27th. (By Jacquelyn Ryan & Kelsey Snell/MNS) WASHINGTON — Like most artists, Jesse Higman has negotiated the...
by Kelsey Snell | Jun 3, 2010 | Topics
Life in Washington can be pretty pricey. It may be no problem for the big-time lobbyists on the Hill or the bureau chiefs from the world’s largest papers. But for those of us with a “graduate school problem” things are a little different. I lived in Chicago for...
by Kelsey Snell | May 26, 2010 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Just hours after administration officials and experts testified before a senate committee on oil liability legislation was introduced Tuesday to eliminate the existing $75 million cap on offshore drilling spill payments. Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.,...
by Kelsey Snell | May 10, 2010 | Politics
President Barack Obama has announced his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat vacancy that will be left by Justice John Paul Stevens when he retires this summer. Before the Senate Judiciary Committee vets Solicitor General Elena Kagan, see how much you know about...
by Kelsey Snell | May 6, 2010 | Topics
WASHINGTON- On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approved the oral contraceptive pill that changed the lives of generations of women. Birth control gave women the choice of when and how to have children. However, five decades later, millions of the...
