May 2, 2016 States wasting millions by keeping ineligible recipients on ObamaCare’s Medicaid rolls, critics say States are wasting millions of taxpayer dollars under ObamaCare's massive Medicaid expansion by failing to regularly check the eligibility of program recipients, critics charge.
May 2, 2016 Holder announces changes to asset forfeiture program Attorney General Eric Holder is curbing the federal government's role in a civil asset forfeiture program involving local and state law enforcement agencies.
May 2, 2016 Washington state attorney general calls for raising smoking age to 21 Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is pushing a proposal that would make his state the first in the country to raise the legal smoking age to 21.
May 2, 2016 Colorado lawmakers look to ban asset seizures without convictions A freshman Colorado state senator wants to stop police from seizing assets unless the owner is convicted of a crime.
May 2, 2016 Louisiana residents fear EPA’s plan to burn explosives near their land The Environmental Protection Agency has a plan in Louisiana's rural Webster Parish to burn 15 million pounds of propellant explosives, originally designed for military use, into the northern Louisiana atmosphere.
May 2, 2016 Idaho plans to fine feds for not shipping nuclear waste Idaho plans to fine the federal government $3,600 a day for missing a deadline to remove 900,000 gallons of liquid nuclear waste from tanks at a southeast Idaho nuclear facility, state officials said.
April 28, 2016 States' rights advocates eye convention to bypass Congress, amend Constitution What if a supermajority of states could override a federal law or Supreme Court ruling? That’s just one idea being proposed by advocates of a “convention of states” to amend the U.S. Constitution.
April 28, 2016 Watchdog says IG dropped ball on VA probe, tried to 'discredit' whistleblowers A top government watchdog on Thursday accused the central agency tasked with holding Veterans Affairs accountable of dropping the ball -- by failing to properly investigate whistleblower claims of secret wait lists at Shreveport, La., and Chicago hospitals where thousands of veterans languished up to 15 months without care.
April 28, 2016 Manatee tour guides worried about looming federal regs The federal government is scrambling to try to keep manatees protected, planning new regulations that could be released any day now – and local tour operators are worried the forthcoming rules will hurt the local economy.
April 28, 2016 Health insurance premiums fell in exactly one state in 2015 An analysis by Freedom Partners shows Mississippi was the only state to see a drop in health insurance premiums on the individual marketplace in 2015.
