December 20, 2015 Wyoming officials prepare for court fight after EPA ruling hands land to tribes Wyoming officials are gearing up for a potential court battle against the Environmental Protection Agency as they try to reverse a sweeping agency ruling that transferred more than 1 million acres of land -- including an entire city of 10,000 -- to Native American tribes.
December 20, 2015 Some gym members face new fee over ObamaCare in Virginia MyFoxNY.com reports some members of Planet Fitness in Virginia were recently informed they will be required to pay a tax on their membership fee because of the new health care law.
December 20, 2015 Illinois partners with The Onion to push ObamaCare To get more people to sign up for health care, the state is bragging it will spend $150,000 on ads for the satirical news site The Onion.
December 20, 2015 Maryland bill would cut water, electricity to NSA headquarters A group of Republican legislators in Maryland have introduced legislation that would deny state support to federal agencies engaging in warrantless electronic surveillance in a move aimed at curtailing the federal government's power to monitor and track citizens.
December 20, 2015 Florida bill would set hard prison time for welfare fraudsters Florida welfare fraudsters beware. A bipartisan legislative effort designed to clobber public assistance abuse may soon send welfare perps to prison for a long time.
December 20, 2015 NYC Mayor de Blasio takes Biden to task for LaGuardia comments Fellow Democrats generally look the other way at Vice President Biden's gaffes. But insulting New York's LaGuardia Airport? That was a snub too far for the city's new mayor.
December 20, 2015 Lawmakers push to protect electric grid after report on attack Lawmakers are pushing to impose federal standards for protecting the country's electric grid from physical assaults in the wake of a new report about a sniper attack on a California electrical substation last year that has raised fears the power grid is vulnerable to terrorism.
December 20, 2015 Threat to the grid? Details emerge of sniper attack on power station Newly reported details about a 52-minute sniper attack on a central California electrical substation last year are raising concerns from Capitol Hill and beyond, amid questions over whether it was the work of terrorists.
December 20, 2015 Lawmaker seeks audit of California ObamaCare exchange over Richard Simmons video A California senator is seeking to audit the state's ObamaCare exchange after a Watchdog.org story revealed that $1.37 million was spent on a campaign featuring an eight-hour web stream starring a gyrating Richard Simmons.
December 20, 2015 Arizona lawmaker seeks $30M 'virtual fence' near US-Mexico border An Arizona legislator wants the state to spend $30 million for a high-tech surveillance network near the U.S. border with Mexico.
