January 12, 2017 Dems push for minimum wage increase for tipped workers -- but will it backfire? Hourly workers who rely on tips for a living are turning to the states in a bid to boost their base pay, as the minimum wage debate stalls in Congress -- though business groups warn the move could backfire.
January 12, 2017 Wyoming welder faces $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his property Wyoming resident Andy Johnson says he's being threatened with thousands of dollars in EPA fines for building a stock pond on his property.
January 12, 2017 Did Michigan just trigger 'constitutional convention'? Bid gains steam Momentum is building behind what would be an unprecedented effort to amend the U.S. Constitution, through a little-known provision that gives states rather than Congress the power to initiate changes.
January 2, 2017 Local jails refusing to hold illegal immigrant offenders, forcing feds to track them down Local police agencies across the country are frustrating efforts at the federal level to detain and deport criminal illegal immigrants, leaving immigration officials scrambling to track them down.
January 2, 2017 Despite outrage over killing, little to stop growth of sanctuary cities The murder of a young woman in San Francisco last week -- allegedly by an illegal immigrant who'd been deported five times, and was in city custody before being put back on the street without notifying immigration officials -- has re-ignited a national debate over "sanctuary city" policies.
August 16, 2016 Appeals court rules feds can't prosecute medical marijuana cases unless state law violated A federal appeals court on Tuesday banned the Justice Department from prosecuting medical marijuana cases if no state laws were broken.
May 6, 2016 ObamaCare exchange problems add to marketplace woes An ObamaCare insurance exchange once viewed as a steady ship in a sea of glitch-plagued websites is now running into problems of its own – adding to a new mess of health industry complications under the Affordable Care Act, including premium hikes, jittery insurers and failing co-ops.
May 2, 2016 Fate of ObamaCare co-ops uncertain after half collapse The fate of a network of alternative “co-op” health plans started under ObamaCare remains uncertain going into 2016, after half of them collapsed amid deep financial problems.
May 2, 2016 Where are the Syrian refugees now? Thousands already in US As Congress and America's governors debate whether to allow in more Syrian refugees, more than 2,000 already have been admitted since the start of the 2011 Syrian civil war.
May 2, 2016 HUD backs $9.5M loan on property valued at $3.8M The Department of Housing and Urban Development provided a $9.4 million loan guarantee to renovate an apartment complex in Colorado Springs, Colo., eight months after the owner convinced the county to value the complex at just $3.8 million, a Watchdog.org investigation found.
