Nigeria: A Year On - Appraising the Seventh Senate
2012-05-27T13:02:41Z

More still, the senate has erroneously come under fire for the failure of implementation of the recommendations they pass on to the executive, whose responsibility it is to ensure sure recommendations are carried out. This however ties to the weakness (not ...

Polls: Democrats slightly ahead in three major Senate races
2012-05-24T14:17:50Z

According to the poll, Kaine comes in with 49% versus Allen at 43%, a margin that equals the sampling error. Kaine, who left his post as Democratic National Committee chairman last year to run for the Senate, has been statistically tied in other ...

Senate Confirms 2 for Fed Board
2012-05-17T17:17:56Z

Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article incorrectly reported the Senate vote on Jerome Powell was 74-12.

CCC toll vote bill heads back to House after Senate approval
2012-05-31T23:49:21Z

BATON ROUGE -- Legislation that would allow voters in Orleans and Jefferson parishes to keep or scrap tolls on the Crescent City Connection sailed out of the Senate on Thursday ... to buy new ferries and repair ferry landings.

State senate advances bills that would create free online textbook library
2012-06-02T02:39:57Z

In an effort to address the surging costs of higher education for college students, the California State Senate passed two bills aimed ... which students could access the textbooks on computers or mobile devices. The council would be composed ...

Senate skewers White on vouchers
2012-05-31T09:01:43Z

A Senate committee grilled Louisiana Superintendent John ... A visit by The News-Star revealed New Living Word did not have facilities, computers or teachers to accommodate the students the state approved them to accept. Because a site visit ...

Self-driving car legislation passes California Senate
2012-05-22T06:49:14Z

Following the steps of Nevada to officially approve rules for self-driving cars on its public roads, the State Senate of California passed ... of these collisions are due to human error. Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an ...

California Senate passes bill for self-driving cars
2012-05-22T11:49:52Z

A bill that would allow self-driving cars on California's roads has passed the California Senate. The bill ... technology is the right direction for California," he said. "Human error is the cause of almost every accident on the road today.

Calif. Senate OKs regulations for self-driving car
2012-05-22T14:55:59Z

The state Senate approved a bill Monday that would establish safety ... Padilla, a Democrat from Los Angeles, says the vehicles can reduce accidents caused by human error. Nevada and Florida have enacted similar laws. Padilla's office says ...