Nevada Sen. Ensign announces resignation
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 23rd, 2011 4:29 am by HL
Nevada Sen. Ensign announces resignation
Nevada Sen. John Ensign announced he will resign amid an ethics investigation. He said he has not violated any laws or rules, but said he could no longer subject his family, friends and constituents to further investigations. (April 21)
Timing of Nevada Sen. Ensign’s abrupt resignation raises questions
LAS VEGAS — The resignation this week by U.S. Sen. John Ensign raised questions about what an ongoing Senate ethics probe has uncovered, while also muddling the field of candidates for congressional seats now held by the GOP headed into a key election year.
Coast Guard report: Poor safety practices exacerbated BP disaster
Exactly one year after the immolated hulk of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard on Friday blasted the rig’s owner, Transocean, for what it described as poor safety practices that exacerbated the disaster after BP’s Macondo well blew out.