In a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership, the American Statistical Association (ASA) has requested that the committee reverse cuts to the budgets for the U. S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. In addition, the letter signed by ASA President-elect Robert N.

Lawmakers working out the 2012 budget may be putting an end to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

The Appropriations Committee of the California Assembly voted today to approve AB 1991, special rescue bill that, at negligible cost to the state, allows the City of Half Moon Bay to avoid an $18 million payment in settlement of a $41 million court-imposed liability, clearing the way for a floor vote by the entire Assembly.

By SUSAN M. COVER Blethen Maine News Service Sen. John Martin remembers when he paid a toll to drive across the Memorial Bridge in Maine's capital. The Eagle Lake Democrat, a longtime House Speaker and a legislator for more than 40 years, said those times have changed, of course.

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved $153 million in pet projects, rewarding both powerful and not-so-powerful lawmakers alike with 377 cherished "earmarks" for their home districts.