Federal Relations - Page 26

December 20, 2015

Holder says feds will recognize Michigan gay marriages despite state decision

Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday that the federal government will recognize about 300 same-sex marriages performed in Michigan before a federal appeals court halted them, despite a decision by Michigan's governor not to recognize those unions.

December 20, 2015

Critics cry foul as feds place lesser prairie chicken on threatened species list

The Obama administration on Thursday announced plans to place the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species, a move that drew the ire of some Republican lawmakers and energy producers who derided the decision as an "overreach."

December 20, 2015

Open the floodgates? Indiana becomes first state to scrap Common Core

Indiana was among 45 states that in recent years adopted Common Core standards spelling out what students should be learning in math and reading at each grade level. 

December 20, 2015

Utah city ordered to release NSA center water usage numbers

A state panel has ordered that information detailing how much water the NSA Utah Data Center uses be given to the Salt Lake Tribune.

December 20, 2015

Vegas man stuck with $407,000 medical bill after ObamaCare breakdown

The busted ObamaCare websites cost a lot of people a lot of time. But for one Nevada man, problems with the state insurance exchange reportedly cost him $407,000.

December 20, 2015

Dem lawmaker says Vermont’s single-payer health care plan has already flatlined

In 2011, while the rest of America argued the merits of the president's Affordable Care Act, Vermont jumped the progressive curve, promising to launch the nation's first health single-payer system, in which state government pays providers to care for all residents.

December 20, 2015

Small-scale power grid attack could cause nationwide blackout, study says

The U.S. could suffer a national blackout if attackers knocked out just nine of the country's electric-transmission substations on a scorching summer day, according to a previously unreported study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

December 20, 2015

Obama to preserve Calif. federal lands

President Barack Obama will expand the California Coastal National Monument to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands, a White House official said Saturday.

December 20, 2015

Calif. senator sues ObamaCare exchange for causing policy cancellations of 1M

The lawsuit against Covered California and its director, Peter Lee, was filed late Tuesday by Sen. Ted Gaines, the legislature’s most vocal critic of ObamaCare. 

December 20, 2015

Long wait times frustrate callers attempting to enroll on state ObamaCare exchanges

Long wait times of an hour or more have been commonplace in some states, primarily those running their own health care exchanges.