Republican Scott Brown's recent victory in the Massachusetts Senatorial election broke the Democratic supermajority in the Senate and called into question the legitimacy of a popular senate procedure: the filibuster. Read more...

In efforts to decrease spending on travel and entertainment, the University of California Office of the President created Connexxus, a travel program created in 2008 that UCLA is now starting to implement. Read more...

In 2000, more than 50,000 people were hired to follow up on U.S. residents who did not submit their mail-in census forms. For the Census 2010, recruiters hope to attract a similar amount of employees, especially students. Read more...

President Barack Obama's State of the Union announcement that he will take steps to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" coincides with a recent UCLA study from the Williams Institute at the School of Law that estimates the policy has cost the military $500 million since it was implemented in 1994. Read more...

While the health care bill is the topic of much debate in the Senate, the UCLA Medical Center has not made any predictions as to how it will be affected by the legislation. Read more...