As farm bill debate looms, Tarheel lawmakers gird for fight over tobacco
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week has started to fine-tune the huge, new five-year farm bill, working through votes on a series of amendments that will include a proposal to eliminate federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
With Obama in the dark, administration planned how to stage-manage news of IRS scandal
| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s timeline for who knew what and when about the Internal Revenue Service scandal changed again Tuesday with revelations that the Treasury Department and White House officials had discussed how to stage-manage the release of the explosive information. The latest revelation came as acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller told Congress that he’s responsible for the secretly planted question answered by subordinate Lois Lerner that triggered the scandal that’s now gripping the nation’s capital.
Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.
House group finds bipartisan agreement on immigration bill
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan House group hammered out an immigration-reform deal late Thursday after years of closed-door meetings and last-minute brinksmanship from a top Democrat.
White House admits top Obama aides knew a month ago about IRS probe
| |Monday, May. 20, 2013
WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged Monday that senior aides to President Barack Obama knew a month ago that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, expanding on previous administration statements about who in the White House knew about the inquiry and when they knew about it.
