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By David Crary |
May 23, 2012
As more of America's children are raised by relatives other than their parents, state and local governments need to do better in helping these families cope with an array of financial and emotional challenges, a new report concludes.
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By Paul Davenport |
May 17, 2012
Arizona is one of more than two dozen states challenging the federal health care overhaul, but Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's administration is moving to implement part of the contested law by reviewing health insurance rates to see if they should be labeled unjustifiably high.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
May 11, 2012
Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed legislation that would set up a state health insurance exchange as part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, saying the state shouldn't rush to enact such a law and possibly create new burdens on taxpayers while the constitutionality of the federal act remains...
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By Rich White |
May 8, 2012
If you have clients who may be called into military service, it’s a good idea to evaluate their life insurance options at least six months before active duty begins.
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By Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press |
May 7, 2012
Texas' share for providing health care to poor children, the impoverished elderly and the disabled is growing faster than tax revenues to pay for services, creating another state budget challenge next year, top agency officials told lawmakers Monday.
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By Chris Tomlinson |
April 30, 2012
A federal judge on Monday stopped Texas from preventing Planned Parenthood from getting state funds through the Women's Health Program.
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By Mark Sherman |
April 25, 2012
Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are ready to allow Arizona to enforce part of a controversial state law requiring police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally.
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By The Associated Press |
April 25, 2012
In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the agency that enforces the nation's job discrimination laws has ruled that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
April 24, 2012
If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 20, 2012
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., is ordered to pay $70,157 in back wages to 487 current and former employees at 12 of its health care facilities.
