Entitlements

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is using the holiday weekend honoring Martin Luther King Jr. to continue pressing for raising Illinois' minimum wage to at least $10. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback delivers his State of the State speech to an annual joint session of the House and Senate at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., on Wednesday, Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Healthcare

Kansas to add health care services for developmentally disabled

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Gov. Paul LePage speaks to reporters at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on June 26. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Healthcare

Maine governor: Report underscores growing Medicaid costs

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Some Idaho counties may stop paying the hospital bills of indigent patients. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Healthcare

Idaho counties mull halting indigent medical payments

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

In this July 30, 2012, file photo, a farm hand stands by the harvested potato crop at King's Hill Farm at Mineral Point, Wis. Nutritionists say Americans don't need more white potatoes. But Congress has repeatedly disagreed. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Congress wants more potatoes in government program

Washington Examiner -

January 16, 2014 5:00 am

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, a sign that layoffs are weighing less on the job market and economic growth. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

US weekly unemployment benefit claims drop to 326k

Josh Boak -

January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Family members and legal guardians of developmentally disabled New Mexicans sued Gov. Susana Martinez's administration Wednesday over cuts in services. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Education

New Mexico sued over developmentally disabled services

Washington Examiner -

January 16, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. With a majority of Medicare beneficiaries dealing with two or more chronic conditions, a group of lawmakers from both political parties Wednesday proposed a new approach. One of the main sponsors is Wyden, expected to take over leadership of the Finance Committee, which oversees Medicare. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

News

Chronic care overhaul proposed for Medicare

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar -

January 15, 2014 5:32 pm

Washington, D.C., has plenty of buldings and people, but it doesn't have many farms, or farmers. Yet thousands of residents in and around the nation's capital receive millions of dollars every year in federal farm subsidies. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Politics

Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don’t actually farm

Susan Ferrechio -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley delivers his State of the State address in the historic Old House Chamber in the State Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Jan. 14 2014. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer)

Healthcare

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley defends decision not to expand Medicaid

Bill Barrow -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Entitlements

Illinois governor presses bid to raise minimum wage

Kansas to add health care services for developmentally disabled

Maine governor: Report underscores growing Medicaid costs

Idaho counties mull halting indigent medical payments

Congress wants more potatoes in government program

US weekly unemployment benefit claims drop to 326k

New Mexico sued over developmentally disabled services

Chronic care overhaul proposed for Medicare

Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don’t actually farm

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley defends decision not to expand Medicaid

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