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  Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

  By Stephen Braun  |  May 17, 2013

  Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to an Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 such activist groups. A few groups built...

• Landmark $240M EEOC verdict to be slashed to $1.6M

  By Ryan J. Foley  |  May 13, 2013

  A $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million.

• Fundraising from HHS secretary draws scrutiny

  By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press  |  May 13, 2013

  A fundraising push by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest.

• Multiple legal layers can cloud FMLA leave requirements

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 26, 2013

  With the Family and Medical Leave Act, there are specific provisions that an employer must follow when it comes to leave management, but it’s not always that easy.

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  States may push workers to exchanges

  By Mike Baker  |  April 24, 2013

  In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama's health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their health care expenses along to Washington, D.C. — and analysts say...

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  Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  April 22, 2013

  Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare."

• Oregon approves 22 health insurers for exchange

  By Associated Press  |  April 2, 2013

  Oregon's new health insurance exchange has approved 22 companies to offer medical and dental insurance to uninsured Oregonians.

• Governor signs bill for health insurance exchange

  By Barry Massey  |  March 29, 2013

  New Mexico can move ahead with establishing a state-run health insurance exchange under legislation signed into law Thursday by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.

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  High court hears case on federal benefits for gays

  By Mark Sherman  |  March 27, 2013

  In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court turned Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.

• Arizona Legislature overhauls unemployment claims

  By Cristina Silva  |  March 27, 2013

  A bill that would make it more difficult for recently unemployed people in Arizona to collect unemployment benefits is likely to land on Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's desk.