Today’s Times
- Top business and labor groups were near agreement Friday on a guest worker program for low-skilled immigrants, a sticking point that would eliminate one of the last significant obstacles for a broad immigration overhaul, Ashley Parker and Steven Greenhouse report.
- After a week absorbed by social issues like gun control and gay rights, President Obama spoke at the ocean port in Miami on Friday to promote his plans to rebuild the nation’s “raggedy†infrastructure, Peter Baker reports.
Weekly Address
- President Obama used this week’s address to wish Christians around the world a happy Easter, and to recognize Jewish families as they commemorate the Exodus from Egypt and the triumph of faith over oppression. “From Judaism to Islam; Hinduism to Sikhism; there echoes a powerful call to serve our brothers and sisters,†he said. “That’s the common humanity that binds us together. And as Americans, we’re united by something else, too: faith in the ideals that lie in the heart of our founding, and the belief that, as part of something bigger than ourselves, we have a shared responsibility to look out for our fellow citizens.â€
Around the Web
- The Texas Department of Transportation will be paying to keep 13 air traffic control towers open that the federal government was going to shut down because of the sequester, The Hill reports.
- One gun-control advocacy group is using Ronald Reagan to be the face of a new ad promoting the expanded use of background checks, The Hill reports.
