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NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-Elect Bush's latest cabinet nominees. They are former Michigan Republican Senator Spencer Abraham as Secretary of Interior; former US Civil Rights Commission Chair Linda Chavez as Labor Secretary; and democrat Norman Mineta, President Clinton's Commerce Secretary, as the next Secretary of Transportation.

Russell Lewis of member station KPBS in San Diego reports on the latest in the California energy crisis. Governor Gray Davis intends his friend of the court brief in the ongoing lawsuit to pressure the federal government to take action there.

President Elect George W. Bush today announced three more members of his cabinet, naming the new heads of the Departments of Energy, Labor and Transportation. The energy job went to Spencer Abraham, a Republican senator from Michigan who lost his bid for re-election in November. The new labor secretary will be Linda Chavez, who served in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. And Bush made good on his intention to have a bipartisan cabinet by picking a Democrat, Norman Mineta, who is in the current cabinet. Mineta, a longtime congressman, is now the secretary of commerce, will become the secretary of transportation. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Wisconsin Public Radio's Gil Halsted profiles Governor Tommy Thompson, President-elect George W. Bush's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson, the longest-serving leader of Wisconsin, is considered one of the nation's most influential governors.

President-elect George Bush has nominated Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson is best known for reforming the welfare program in his state. But as NPR's Julie Rovner reports, he has feuded publicly with the federal agency he now expects to run.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on President-elect Bush's final Cabinet appointments of the year; Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson for Secretary of Health and Human Services, former Colorado state attorney general Gale Norton for Interior, Rod Paige, an educator from Houston, for Education, and Anthony Principi, a decorated Navy veteran, for Veterans Affairs. Bush left Washington and headed back to Austin for the New Year, leaving three Cabinet posts still to be filled: Labor, Energy and Transportation.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the latest personnel announcements made by George W. Bush. The President-elect is in Washington for the first of two days, where he is expected to name the bulk of the remaining Cabinet positions, starting with Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Noah talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about George W. Bush's progress assembling an administration. The President-elect is expected to name some new Cabinet members tomorrow in Washington. Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson for Secretary of Health and Human Services is a possible appointment. There's no word yet on when a Secretary of Defense will be named.

Robert Siegel talks with John A. Kitzhaber, the Governor of Oregon, about his call for an energy summit. The Governor wants to meet with Energy Secretary Bill Richardson and the Governor of Washington State about the federal government order forcing northwest electric utilities to sell power to California. Kitzhaber opposes the order. He says it was made without consultation with the states, and will makes a bad situation worse.

Liane talks live with NPR's Don Gonyea, who has been covering President-elect George W. Bush's transition out of the Texas Governor's office to the White House. Bush made several cabinet appointments this past week; more are expected this coming week.