COAST TO COAST- April 24, 2005 Illinois Lawmakers Aim to Get Students to Take a Load Off Illinois students need to lighten up.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12547-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... DeLay Seeks GOP Senators' Support- April 24, 2005 House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) implored Republican senators Tuesday to stick with him while he addresses questions about his travel and his dealings with lobbyists, as House Democrats unveiled plans to try to make ethics a defining issue for the year.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47809-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Tex. Pressed on DNA Exonerations- April 24, 2005 In the state with the nation's busiest death row and an increasing number of post-conviction DNA exonerations, legislators are urging the governor to investigate the causes of mistaken convictions.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2637-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... DeLay Wants Panel to Review Role of Courts- April 24, 2005 House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), under fire from Democrats for what they consider threatening remarks about federal judges, plans to ask the Judiciary Committee to undertake a broad review of the courts' handing of the Terri Schiavo case.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19793-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... DeLay Takes Fight to Talk Radio- April 24, 2005 House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), who recently sent supporters a mass e-mail proclaiming his innocence of ethical transgressions, spoke out Tuesday on conservative talk radio shows.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2588-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... DeLay's Backers Launch Offense- April 24, 2005 Supporters of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) plan to preserve his power by launching an aggressive media strategy and calling in favors from prominent conservative leaders, Republicans say.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40496-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... Majority Leader Denies Ethics Violations- April 24, 2005 Tom DeLay, in a written statement, says he broke no House rules in accepting trips abroad and implores supporters to accept his version of what he calls "the real story."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64194-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... WASHINGTON IN BRIEF- April 24, 2005 Ad Blitz to Attack Private Social Security Accounts A new labor-backed nonprofit group announced plans yesterday to spend at least $850,000 -- and perhaps $15 million -- on television advertising attacking President Bush's plan to let workers under age 55 invest part of their Social Security taxes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26255-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/t... House Majority Leader Addresses NRA- April 24, 2005 Tom DeLay, under fire for alleged ethics violations, accused liberal Democrats and the media of giving him a hard time in a keynote speech Saturday at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61176-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Scouts Official Pleads Guilty in Porn Case- April 24, 2005 A former high-ranking Boy Scouts of America official pleaded guilty to receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet in a case that authorities said was connected to a German-based trafficking ring.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12750-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |