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Published October 11, 2013
Some 30,000 grocery store workers in the state of Washington could be walking picket lines as soon as next week, in what some say is a direct result of ObamaCare.
Published September 26, 2013
Many in these decimated small towns blame The Endangered Species Act, which paved the way for a flood of lawsuits blocking federal timber sales.
Published August 29, 2013
Thanks to a little-known federal program that gives some workers better benefits than others, America’s unemployed are not all treated equal.
Published August 07, 2013
Washington state's new law legalizing pot is hitting a major snag from an unlikely source -- medical marijuana.
Published July 14, 2013
A total of 650,000 civilian employees are now being furloughed at U.S. military bases in response to sequester cuts -- but the Department of Defense is still spending millions to protect fuzzy critters.
Published June 09, 2013
For as long as dogs have been trained as police officers, they've been helping make drug busts. But now that the recreational use of marijuana is legal in those two states, officers are in a K-9 quandary.
Published May 01, 2013
Americans cannot cover the entire $85 billion in federal budget cuts this year known as sequester, but they’re pulling together to make up the losses for important matters like helping local economies and salvaging federal programs that serve needy children.
Published April 15, 2013
Oregon’s Curry County is practically a ghost town since the U.S. government has stopped giving it money to keep loggers from harvesting trees on federal land.
Published March 27, 2013
Police and prosecutors are backing a Washington state bill that would allow law enforcement to use footage from red-light cameras to investigate crimes, while others warn about a 'surveillance society.'
Published March 20, 2013
SoloPower, which makes thin-film solar panels at a new plant in Portland, Ore., opened Sept. 27 with an upbeat ribbon-cutting ceremony. Just a few months later, SoloPower's future is on shaky ground.