Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Regionals in today's news

Blogging live from the Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing! Here is a round-up of today's stories by RRA members --Special thanks to Lisa Friedman who caught up with the blog late last night while traveling. Today is my (Suzanne Struglinski) first shot at trying this. Here is what our Google News Alerts brought us today:

VETERANS' BENEFITS: Malia Rulon writes in the Zanesville Times Recorder (Ohio) about a local man who came to testify about regional discrepancies in disability payments.

ROMNEY'S RELIGION: Suzanne Struglinski of the Deseret Morning News and Thomas Burr of the Salt Lake Tribune write about a religion question posed to presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a conference Tuesday.

HARRY VISITS MITCH'S TURF: Lisa Mascaro wrote a Sunday piece on Senate Majority Leader Harry Ried, D-Nev., lecturing in Kentucky --home state of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

HOUSE APPROVES SHIELD LAW: Maureen Groppe writes in the Indianapolis Star about the movement of the media shield law that Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. is sponsoring.

CAMPAIGN DONATIONS: Stories from Monday's FEC deadline continue! Maureen Groppe writes in the Indianapolis Star found that Hoosiers gave most to Sen. Barrack Obama, D-Ill. and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as well at a look at the congressional war chests. Ed Felker also looks at the local cash in the Rochester Post-Bulletin.

Herb Jackson writes in The Record that Giuliani and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. get the most from New Jersey donors.

Aaron Sadler looks at major Arkansas company's donations for Stephens Media's Washington Bureau.

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