Bill Shoemaker, the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing history, underwent arthroscopic
The House voted 401 to 2 to make permanent the GI Bill program, which has helped finance college
A House subcommittee today voted 19 to 11 to grant wild and scenic status to the middle stretch of California's Kings River, which runs through the deepest canyon in North America, outside of Alaska.
An aide to U.S. Sen.
Senate leaders introduced legislation to provide new aid for the homeless that could cost about $400 million this year.
spending bill is a plan to widen traffic-choked California 78 from four to six lanes in North County.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would spur states to
The Senate refused today to exceed fiscal 1987 spending limits, stalling action on a proposed $9.4-billion supplemental appropriations bill.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee today approved a major civil rights bill that would
The Senate bill would curb hostile corporate takeovers by raiders seeking only a fast financial
With Democrats in firm control of both the Senate and House this year, the lame-duck Reagan Administration is expected to face heavy opposition to any budgetary plans to "privatize" the Federal Housing Administration--among many other cost-cutting proposals.
Former Buffalo Bill placekicker John Leypoldt, the team's second-leading all-time scorer, died
In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed into law the highest tariff wall in U.S. history over the strong protests of 1,200 of the nation's leading economists, setting off a global trade war that seriously worsened the Great Depression and helped foster the economic climate leading to World War II.
The Reagan Administration, worried about federal bailouts of failed pension plans, will propose legislation today containing stiff penalties for companies that fall behind in funding their retirement programs.
The Long Beach Board of Education has unanimously endorsed pending legislation that would require California school districts to provide AIDS education to all students in grades 7 through 12.
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State Sen.
Over objections from the Deukmejian Administration, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved legislation on Monday that would authorize both an urban and a rural prison in Los Angeles County.
Bitterly fought legislation to grant monopoly territories to beer distributors in California won easy passage in the Assembly Wednesday after Republicans and Democrats alike lauded the measure as "good for competition."
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said today that President Reagan has not decided whether he will sign legislation re-authorizing the appointment of special prosecutors such as those investigating the Iran- contra scandal.