U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck took on balancing the budget and education reform Saturday, trading accusations that Buck was too conservative and Bennet is a Washington insider.

U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Ken Buck took on balancing the budget and education reform Saturday, trading accusations that Buck was too conservative and Bennet is a Washington insider.

Thirteen candidates running for the U.S. Senate fielded questions on the economy, foreign policy, the environment and other issues at a forum in the Eastern Panhandle.

The U.S. Senate is delaying efforts to pass a bill to provide $16 billion in Medicaid assistance to states for the first six months of 2011, a move that could result in Medicaid cutting payments to physicians. The funding in the bill is designed to assist states with projected increases in their Medicaid populations that are likely because of a faltering economy and federal coverage requirements ...

U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham talked about his comprehensive plan to create jobs and restore the economy at a luncheon with Edgecombe County leaders on Saturday.