Congress sent President Bush an 8 billion rescue package for the federal highway trust fund on Thursday. The infusion comes as the trust fund, which relies on declining revenues from the federal gas tax, verges on going broke, threatening …

By Ann Stamler As one of the bipartisan group of sponsors of Fairfield's proposed Reusable Bag Ordinance, I thank Marianne Regan for both her scholarship concerning the negative impact of various plastics on our environment, and her passio…