senate
Blagojevich names Obama successor anyway
Despite it all, embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has named a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama’s senate seat. Blagojevich reportedly has named former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris (D) to the open seat.
Mr. Burris was the first African-American elected to Illinois state office when, in 1978, he was elected to the first of three terms [...]
It’s “ITC”
Chairman Bingaman (D, NM), ranking member Domenici (R, NM), and Senator Sanders (D, VT) held a field hearing on the topic of concentrating solar power today in Albuquerque, NM.
There were six witnesses, from Public Service Company of NM (PNM), Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Sandia National Laboratories, Abengoa Solar, Schott Solar, and Mesa del Sol. As [...]


