December 20, 2015 ObamaCare to shift costs of some prisoner health coverage from states to feds ObamaCare may have its skeptics, but one group is decidedly optimistic - prison inmates.
December 20, 2015 Food bank helps furloughed Grand Canyon workers as business owners protest closure An Arizona food bank delivered hundreds of boxes to help out furloughed concession and government workers at the Grand Canyon National Park on Tuesday as area business leaders staged a protest to demand that the federal government reopen the park.
December 20, 2015 'Cupboard is bare'? Despite claims, feds find $100M to give Detroit The Obama administration has found $100 million to send to struggling Detroit, despite recurring claims that the government cannot afford to make any more spending cuts.
December 20, 2015 Judge says Illinois governor must reinstate lawmakers' pay Cook County Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen issued his eight-page decision in a lawsuit brought by Chicago Democrats, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton.
December 20, 2015 Heading in reverse: Toll road debt grows to almost $19 million a mile As the economy continues creeping along in the slow lane, drivers will probably decide against paying the toll.
December 20, 2015 Federal judge rules Wisconsin union changes legal A federal judge has ruled Republican Gov. Scott Walker's controversial law stripping most public workers of nearly all their union rights is constitutional.
December 20, 2015 Disability double-dipping drains millions from NJ pensions Meet New Jersey's "disabled" double-dippers. They get two sets of checks from the state -- one for working and another because they cannot work.
December 20, 2015 Feds say sequester won't impact effort to control Calif. wildfire The efforts to control the massive California wildfire that has spread into Yosemite National Park -- and has already cost $81 million to fight -- will not be impacted by the austere federal budget cuts known as sequester, according to the Interior Department.
December 20, 2015 Hundreds of private lobbyists earning public pensions in 20 states As a lobbyist in New York's statehouse, Stephen Acquario is doing pretty well. He pulls down $204,000 a year, more than the governor makes, gets a Ford Explorer as his company car and is afforded another special perk: Even though he's not a government employee, he is entitled to a full state pension.
December 20, 2015 Write-in candidate advances to runoff in Detroit mayoral race A former medical center chief who was kicked off Detroit's mayoral ballot and a popular county sheriff have received the most votes in a primary race and will move on to the general election, even as a state-appointed manager holds the city's thin checkbook and a bankruptcy judge considers its future path.
