December 20, 2015 Feds spent $4.8 billion on ObamaCare exchanges so far The federal government has spent nearly $5 billion to establish federal and state exchanges for ObamaCare, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
December 20, 2015 Gov't moves to ban drones in 400 national parks The National Park Service is taking steps to ban drones from 84 million acres of public lands and waterways, saying the unmanned aircraft annoy visitors, harass wildlife and threaten safety.
December 20, 2015 Permanent Internet tax ban moves forward in the House The tension between federal and state powers over a permanent ban on Internet access taxes took the spotlight on Wednesday during House Judiciary Committee debate.
December 20, 2015 Feds say no end in sight for policy of 'dumping' illegal immigrants in Arizona, Gov. Brewer says Reports first surfaced last week that scores of illegal immigrants in Texas were being flown, bused and then abandoned out of state in Arizona and elsewhere.
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.
