December 20, 2015 Judge in Oklahoma grants health care injunction to nearly 200 Catholic employers A federal judge in Oklahoma City has granted an injunction to nearly 200 Catholic employers to temporarily prevent the federal government from enforcing the health care law provision requiring insurance coverage for contraceptives.
December 20, 2015 Tennessee legislature may force AG to fight EPA on new emissions rules Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper remains noncommittal on whether he'll fight the EPA over new regulations handed down to the states that direct them to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by an average of 30 percent.
December 20, 2015 Brewer to Obama: Stop ‘unconscionable’ policy of dumping illegal immigrants in Ariz. cities Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is urging President Obama to put a stop to the "dangerous and unconscionable" practice of shipping illegal immigrants out of Texas and dumping them in her state.
December 20, 2015 Obamacare overwhelming Illinois’ bloated Medicaid system Under Obamacare, Medicaid expansion was supposed to add no more than 500,000 people to the rolls in Illinois over the next couple of years. Medicaid managers now say they will see almost that many by year's end.
December 20, 2015 Troubled state-run websites get health law fix States that have experienced technical problems running their own health care enrollment websites are getting some help from the Obama administration.
December 20, 2015 Feds, states scramble to recruit young, healthy into ObamaCare as enrollment lags Young, healthy adults are the Holy Grail for insurance companies. That has the Obama administration pulling out the stops to recruit them into ObamaCare.
December 20, 2015 Mailboxes stay open for IRS checks to undocumented immigrants A congressional crackdown on illegal immigrants getting checks from the IRS has some cracks in it. The proposed legislation doesn’t stop illegals from obtaining Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and receiving more $1,000 child tax-credit checks.
December 20, 2015 Activists push to split California into 6 states California's secretary of state has given the go-ahead for activists to start gathering signatures for a bizarre initiative that would split the state into six new states.
December 20, 2015 Oregon won't defend gay-marriage ban in lawsuit Oregon's attorney general will not defend the state's ban on gay marriage, arguing it cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge.
December 20, 2015 Chubby kids, Medicaid cuts have Illinois lawmakers eyeing soda tax In Illinois it’s called everything from pop to soda to sodi, but the state’s Democrats are now calling soda pop a money maker.
