With November 4 just weeks away, area registrars’ offices are wanting you to be ready to cast your vote.

WASHINGTON—Not gone yet, President Bush Monday night tried to remind a nation captivated by the next presidential election that he still has nearly a year left in office and has work to do.

When President Bush takes to the rostrum Monday night, it will be for his last State of the Union address. Will anyone care?

Cash-strapped states resort to taxing narcotics, sports stars to raise money in gloomy economy

President Bush is looking to crack down on pork barrel spending in Congress and will use his State of the Union address tonight to announce his efforts to do that.

Senate Democrats will move to add to a $150 billion economic stimulus package rebates for senior citizens living off Social Security and an extension of unemployment benefits, setting up a clash with the White House and House leaders who are pushing a narrower package.

The centerpiece of the measure expected to be a tax rebate similar to, but bigger than, the $300-$600 checks sent out in the summer of 2001

Democratic leaders fell 15 votes shy of obtaining the two-thirds majority needed for an override

The deficit for the current budget year will jump to about $250 billion according to Congressional Budget Office figures, as a weaker economy and lower corporate profits weigh on the government’s fiscal ledger.

Franklin County Congressman Virgil H. Goode Jr., who called for building a fence on the Mexican border long before the idea became politically popular, is setting his sights on a new target