Cathy McMorris News

Brad Shannon has an article focusing on Denny Heck, the former legislator and founder of TVW.

State Sen. Craig Pridemore and state Rep. Jaime Herrera made it official today: Both will enter the race to succeed U.S. Rep.

The Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act, H.R. 4247, sponsored by U.S. Rep.

Rep. Sue Myrick, a breast cancer survivor, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill discussing the new mammogram guidelines.

A handful of states have moved to restrict or regulate school staff members who restrain or seclude hard-to-handle children against their will in the wake of abuses exposed by congressional investigators seven months ago.

It's hard to stomach Republican hypocrisy lately as they trumpet about "fiscal responsibility" and deficits.

Sen. Chris Dodd introduced legislation yesterday to protect children from misuse of restraint and seclusion practices.

It took less than two hours after Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., announced that he's retiring from Congress for Republican state Rep.

A Muskegon-area couple are center stage in a dual-front push to ban the use of restraints and seclusion to control children in public schools.

Recommendations from the Council for Exceptional Children and its division, the Council for Children with Behavior Disorders , played a key role in bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today that aims to protect children from misuse of restraint and seclusion practices.

Rep. Brian Baird is a Democrat who has often frustrated his party's leadership, from his recent vote against the House health care bill to his praise of the Bush administration's surge strategy in Iraq - a move that gave Republicans some political cover when Democrats were united in bashing the past administration's foreign policy.

Rep. Brian Baird announced his retirement tonight, becoming the third Dem in a vulnerable seat to announce his departure in the last few weeks.

State Rep. Deb Wallace, D-Vancouver, says she's running to replace Democratic Congressman Brian Baird.

Among the deductions and credits for businesses and individuals extended for one year in the bill passed by the House: A sales tax deduction that mainly benefits people who live in the nine states without a state income tax.

Today the National Autism Association announced its support of H.R. 4247, the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act, introduced Wednesday by Congressman George Miller and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers .

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Teachers and school officials could no longer resort to some controversial methods for controlling unruly students, under a federal bill introduced Wednesday that targets mounting reports of abuse, injury and some deaths involving disabled children in classrooms.

Democratic Rep. Brian Baird said Wednesday he will not seek re-election next year so he can spend more time with his family and pursue other ways to serve.

Two investigatory reports earlier this year told disturbing stories of the harsh, and on occasion fatal, methods sometimes used to discipline disabled children in school.

Vietnam War veteran Rep. Walt Minnick sat in the auditorium at West Point on Tuesday surrounded by men and women in cadet gray uniforms being told by a president they could lose their lives in another Asian country.