An Indiana University law professor who helped Bill Clinton make the transition to power in 1992 before serving in his administration has joined President-elect Barack Obama's transition team.
Daschle, a former Senate majority leader, would head the agency that will handle the incoming administration's efforts to expand health insurance coverage, a Democratic source says.
Legislators on both sides of the aisle talked about their top priority for the 2009 general session: a two-year balanced state budget during tough economic times.
Washington attorney Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general and aides have gone so far as to ask senators whether he would be confirmed, an Obama official and people close to the matter said Tuesday.
Grant County prosecutors say 55-year-old Kem Linn used his tobacco wholesaling business to bilk the Old National Bank out of millions between 2004 and 2008.
President George W. Bush and president-elect Barack Obama meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. Obama, gearing up for his historic January 20 swearing-in, held his first face-to-face talk with Bush. (White House photo by Eric Draper)