January 12, 2017 'Columbo' daughter pushes for bill that protects the right to visit sick parents It's the quirky Christmases Catherine Falk remembers the most. "To us, he wasn't 'Columbo.' He was dad," she told FoxNews.com of her famous father Peter Falk.
January 12, 2017 Unions on edge as Arizona lawmakers weigh major expansion of education overhaul Lawmakers in Arizona are poised to expand a controversial education program that allows parents to use state funds to pay for alternative schooling for their children -- a move teacher groups and unions say would decimate the public education system.
January 12, 2017 States push to regulate, tax booming e-cigarette industry While waiting for the debate on electronic cigarettes to heat up on Capitol Hill, several state and local governments are pressing ahead with their own agendas for taxing and regulating the popular battery-powered smoking alternatives.
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 Policing for Profit? Lawmakers, advocates raise alarm at growing gov’t power to seize property Massachusetts motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when federal authorities came knocking on his door. They said they wanted his business –and the land it was on- and said they could take it legally if they wanted to through a practice known as civil forfeiture. Caswell said no.
January 12, 2017 States target meth labs with name-and-shame strategy As states struggle to clamp down on a growing meth epidemic, they're turning to a tactic commonly used to target sex offenders: name and shame.
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 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.
