January 12, 2017 Inmates getting coverage under ObamaCare, as states shift cost to feds The Obama administration often touts that people with pre-existing conditions and countless others can now get covered under ObamaCare. But there's another group that's starting to benefit from the law -- prison inmates.
January 12, 2017 Land grab? Local officials blast move by Obama to set aside 500,000 acres in NM Local officials in New Mexico warn a move by the Obama administration to designate nearly a half-million acres as a national monument could open up a crime corridor making it easier for illegal immigrants to cross the border and for drug cartels to operate undetected.
January 12, 2017 Wisconsin becomes first state to restrict parents from giving up adopted kids Wisconsin has become the first state in the nation to pass legislation cracking down on parents who try to give away their adopted kids.
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 12, 2017 Critics blast loophole that forces taxpayers to fund public sector union work Bob Nicks has firefighting in his blood, but for the last four years, the Texas battalion chief has earned his six-figure salary sitting at a desk doing union work instead of running into burning buildings and saving lives.
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.
December 31, 2016 Federal officials ordered to help enforce Ariz., Kan., voter citizenship laws Federal officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, in a decision that could encourage other Republican-led states to consider similar policies.
December 31, 2016 Federal judge temporarily blocks Obama's immigration executive action A federal judge has granted a request by 26 states to temporarily block President Obama's executive action on illegal immigration to allow a lawsuit aimed at permanently stopping the orders to make its way through the courts.
December 26, 2016 Fla. education head rejects lawmaker's claim testing aims to make students homosexual Republican Rep. Charles Van Zant, of Keystone Heights, has said the testing company has a pro-homosexual agenda because it has done research on lesbian and gay issues.
December 22, 2016 North Carolina Senate defeats bid to repeal controversial 'bathroom bill' The North Carolina Senate Wednesday voted down legislation to repeal the controversial law known simply as the “bathroom bill,” months after the measure limiting LGBT protections triggered an economic backlash for the state.
