State Reaps Billions in Defense Contracts
New homeland security grants and defense appropriations will bring Connecticut billions over the next three years.

Controversial Law Targets Those Who Abuse Children
A breaking story on the signing of the Amber Alert Bill. One of my favorite assignments, because I was able to go into detail about some of the bill's features, including its similarity to the 1996 Child Pornography Prevention Act, which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

April's Over: Do You Know if Your Child Knows Finance?
An enterprise feature on everyone's favorite federal holiday, Financial Literacy for Youth Month. You knew about that one, right?

Campaign Reformers Want Ruling Suspended
Another breaking story; sponsors of the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law asked the Supreme Court to suspend the law temporarily so that its complicated provisions would not handicap candidates in the 2004 elections.

Tax Cut Total Only a Guideline
News analysis of the war over President Bush's 2003 tax cut plan.

House Democrats Fail on Homeland Cash Move
A piece on the Homeland Security "emergency appropriations" bill last April. Check out the original, unedited version on the Medill News Service -- it was fun to be able to write a political story as an entertainment feature.

State Speller Makes it to 2nd Day of Bee
A fun feature on the 2003 National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

Rowland Wants Federal Help With Healthcare Costs

Shays Questions Preparations for SARS

Shays Proposes More Money to Investigate Tribal Status

A New Military, A New Connecticut
A long feature on the concept of military transformation and its potential effects on the CT defense industry. It was written right as I left D.C., and, regrettably, never used by the Republican-American.

Complete DC Stories
Every story I wrote in DC, as they appeared on the Medill News Service.