December 20, 2015 Pro leagues file to stop New Jersey sports betting The four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA have filed a legal challenge to New Jersey's latest attempt to offer legal sports gambling.
December 20, 2015 Saying ‘no’ to undocumented kids lands town in hot water One small Virginia town is the target of a racial discrimination complaint from a fair housing group and a shuttered college, the potential beneficiary of a plan to house undocumented minors.
December 20, 2015 ObamaCare insurance navigator with rocky history gets even more taxpayer money The federal government is giving an ObamaCare insurance navigator Seedco, which has a reported history of fraud, $1.4 million to operate in Tennessee this fiscal year.
December 20, 2015 FEMA tells flood-ravaged Colorado town it wants its money back After last September’s deadly flooding in Colorado, FEMA gave residents of a small Colorado village thousands of dollars to rebuild. Now, FEMA wants the money back.
December 20, 2015 Missouri battles over amendment granting ‘right to farm’ Americans have a right to bear arms. They have a right to free speech. But a right to farm?
December 20, 2015 Congress considers review of police military gear Lawmakers said Tuesday they were considering doing more to monitor and hold accountable police departments across the United States that obtain sophisticated military equipment from the federal government.
December 20, 2015 Cost of educating new class of illegal immigrant minors estimated at over $760M A new report puts the price of educating the thousands of illegal immigrant children who recently crossed into the U.S. at a whopping $761 million this school year -- as some school systems push for the feds to pick up the tab.
December 20, 2015 Louisiana Gov. Jindal sues federal government over Common Core Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration in federal court Wednesday, claiming that the Department of Education has illegally manipulated grant money and regulations to force states to adopt the controversial Common Core standards.
December 20, 2015 Welcome to Franklin, Va., population 8,638 — and one mine-resistant vehicle Not too far from Hampton Roads and just nine miles north of the North Carolina border, the rural city of Franklin, Va., is home to farmland, 8,638 people and one military-grade, mine-resistant vehicle.
December 20, 2015 Missouri Dem predicts new wave of Ferguson unrest if no conviction in officer’s case A Missouri Democratic lawmaker predicted Friday that if prosecutors don’t win a conviction against the police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, it could trigger a new wave of unrest in Ferguson.
