December 20, 2015 Judge OKs Detroit's plan to get out of bankruptcy A judge on Friday approved Detroit's plan to get out of bankruptcy, ending the largest public filing in U.S. history and launching the city into a turnaround that will require discipline after years of corruption, budget-busting debt and an exodus of residents.
December 20, 2015 Proposed internet sales tax ‘single biggest anti-taxpayer act in this Congress’ The Marketplace Fairness Act, an Internet sales tax proposal that Congress is expected to push by the end of the year, is the “single-biggest anti-taxpayer act in this Congress,” National Taxpayers Union president Pete Sepp said in a phone conference Thursday.
December 20, 2015 License, ID card policies stir concerns over illegal immigrants voting As more states begin providing illegal immigrants and their children with driver's licenses and ID cards, officials are concerned some also are registering to vote -- some by mistake, and others on purpose.
December 20, 2015 Chicken-like bird threatens western state economies, as feds weigh new rules A small, chicken-like bird is threatening economies across the American West as the feds weigh new regulations to protect it.
December 20, 2015 Report: State budgets fudge numbers to hide massive debt America's red ink runs much deeper than you think.
December 20, 2015 DOJ considering dropping fight against Ariz. immigration law in deal A deal between the Justice Department and Republican Gov. Jan Brewer would end the court challenge asking a judge to strike down a requirement that police question the immigration status of people suspected of being in the country illegally, according to court records.
December 20, 2015 Oil companies say new federal regulations on Southwest bird have halted drilling in Kansas Oil companies say a weeks-old Obama administration ruling that protects a Southwestern prairie bird has already halted oil-drilling operations in Kansas and is costing the U.S. economy tens of millions of dollars, as a GOP congressmen suggests the move is another job-killing attack on fossil fuel.
December 20, 2015 NH town police commissioner resigns in wake of Obama slur A New Hampshire town police commissioner has resigned after he admitted using a racial slur to describe President Obama, a town official said Monday.
December 20, 2015 Seattle's $3.1B roadway project hampered by cost concerns, delays For a multibillion-dollar public-works project called the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement, this city brought in a digging machine touted as the largest deployed anywhere: a 7,000-ton behemoth nicknamed "Bertha."
December 20, 2015 BLM weighs charges against Utah ATV protest riders The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has begun an investigation that could lead to charges against nearly 50 people who rode ATVs on an off-limits trail last weekend in Utah to show their displeasure with the federal government.
