Kennedy News

Even students have the right to a clean restroom, at least according to some at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City.

Employee and faculty union representatives at Cal Poly are willing to consider a two-day-a-month furlough program that would help close California State University's budget shortfalls.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus answers questions while riding the subway from the Capitol on June 9, 2009.

Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold.

Diana Jorgenson Portola Editor 6/24/2009 The Williams House Museum and Visitors Center has become a landmark in Portola and an increasingly popular tourist stop since the city took it over in 2000.

Among San Joaquin County's population of seniors who rely on services such as food assistance, home health care and transportation are gay and lesbian elders who could be at risk of isolation and discrimination, presenters told the social workers and other professionals at a training session Tuesday at Kennedy Community Center.

Menker and Kingman avenues, 5:11 p.m. Tuesday A person driving under the influence, determined to be on parole and in possession of a loaded gun, was arrested.

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The 651-page bill, released Tuesday by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., would revamp the way health insurance works.

President Obama's push for healthcare reforms gets a boost today from a new study by Harvard University researchers that shows a sizable increase over six years in bankruptcies caused in part by ever-higher medical expenses.

Employers would be required to offer health care to employees or pay a penalty - and all Americans would be guaranteed health insurance - under a draft bill circulated Friday by Sen.

Reporting from Washington -- Senate Democrats and the White House are stepping up preparations to overhaul the nation's healthcare system without the ailing Sen.

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Sen. Ted Kennedy's committee circulates a 'policy overview' on a bill to guarantee universal access to health care.

In this Feb. 9, 2009, file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., center, with Sen.

There will be a summit of Inland mascots Thursday in San Bernardino. The occasion is the "second birthday" of Berdoo Bear.

In her retirement from the San Francisco Ballet, celebrated dancer Muriel Maffre is living closer to the Cow Palace than the Opera House.

Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel, along with Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman, and Education and Labor Chairman George Miller, notified the President in a letter that they would work together on a health care reform bill.

At its annual banquet Friday, the Modesto/Stanislaus chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People honored three people and four organizations for their commitment to human and civil rights.

The California Supreme Court's hearing last week in the Proposition 8 case - broadcast live over the Internet via streaming video - erased any doubt about the wisdom of allowing cameras into the nation's ...