Obama selects businessman for Commerce post
President Barack Obama has tapped energy executive John Bryson to lead the Commerce Department, putting a businessman at the helm of an agency tasked with boosting U.S. exports and promoting American...
View ArticleGroups to march on Washington for sewer funding
A diverse group of New York and Connecticut advocates will head to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to lobby members of Congress to fund sewer infrastructure projects in both states. Representatives from...
View ArticleTowering legend, flawed man? MLK’s image evolves
On the National Mall in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. is a towering, heroic figure carved in stone. On the Broadway stage, he’s a living, breathing man who chain smokes, sips liquor and...
View ArticleSenators to add high-tech visas, dispute details
Senators finalizing a massive immigration bill are arguing over plans to boost visas for high-tech workers over how best to punish companies that train workers here and ship them overseas.
View ArticleGotham Government Relations opens NYC office
The lobbying and communications firm headed by founding partners Bradley Gerstman and David Schwartz has set up a location at 225 Broadway, Suite 6, in Manhattan.
View ArticleBernanke: Timetable for bond purchases not preset
Bernanke said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve's timetable for reducing its bond purchases is not on a "preset course" and the Fed could increase or decrease the amount based on how the economy...
View ArticleSenators ready to restore lower college loan rates
Under the deal, all undergraduates this fall could borrow at 3.85 percent interest rates. Graduate students would have access to loans at 5.4 percent, and parents would be able to borrow at 6.4 percent.
View ArticleBilly Joel, 4 others receive Kennedy Center Honors
President Barack Obama saluted the honorees Sunday, and top entertainers offered tribute performances for each honoree. The show will be broadcast Dec. 29.
View ArticleAmerican Airlines seeks Long Island to DC flights
American Airlines has sent an application to the U.S. DOT to open nonstop service between MacArthur Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
View ArticleAmerican Airlines loses bid to restore MacArthur-DC route
The federal Department of Transportation last month awarded two available slots at Reagan Washington National Airport to Southwest Airlines.
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