Obama budget plan calls for $22M on MSU project

President Barack Obama is proposing an increase in taxes on wealthy individuals and some corporations, putting him at odds with all the Republican presidential hopefuls.

The real-life Disney movie that is the Jeremy Lin phenomenon obviously has the sports world buzzing. The Knicks’ unlikely point guard has made believers out of practically everybody. Nobody knows how long Lin can keep this up, but it’s hard not to be enamored with Lin’s accomplishments in the short time he’s become a celebrity. Tuesday night’s game-winning three just...

It's a damned if you do or don't situation, but we'd really prefer President Barack Obama did not indulge the super-PAC madness unleashed by an awful 2009 Supreme Court decision.

''Linsanity'' has descended on the White House. White House spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama is tracking the exploits of Jeremy Lin, the sudden star of the New York Knicks. The point guard from Harvard has come out of nowhere to lead the team on a winning streak and has captured widespread public attention. Carney says Lin's game-winning 3-pointer...

President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8-trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government's huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits.

Jeremy Lin was just another NBA player before Feb. 4, when he began his torrid run against the New Jersey Nets. Now, he's the biggest story in sports and has caught the attention of the most important man in the United States. President Barack Obama has been following Lin and likes what he has seen from the Knicks point guard, according to Yahoo! Sports. "[Obama] is an avid...

According to ESPN, President Barack Obama and NBA commissioner David Stern are two of the hundreds of thousands of people following Linsanity this past week. Commissioner Stern is happy for the New York Knicks and the success Jeremy Lin is having. He is also pleased to know the NBA Development League (D-League) had a part in this as well. “I think it’s a huge win for the...

The Great Lakes would fare well under the President Barack Obama's new budget proposal, with $300 million set aside in 2013 for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Democratic Party has picked Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to chair its national convention this summer in Charlotte, N.C. The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says in an email to DNC members that Villaraigosa will be nominated to chair the September convention. Chairing the national convention...

President Barack Obama and commissioner David Stern are enjoying Jeremy Lin's success.

White House spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama is tracking the exploits of Jeremy Lin, the sudden star of the New York Knicks.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, Republicans yield on the $150-billion measure, which will preserve a tax break for workers and renew jobless benefits.Congressional negotiators ended a bruising election-year fight and sealed an agreement late Wednesday on legislation to renew a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more, a top priority of President...

President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal includes $22 million for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, significantly less than the $55 million stipulated in Michigan State University's original agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy.