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December 20, 2015

Vermont's giving up on single-payer health care over ballooning costs

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is canceling his dream plan to create a single-payer health system in the state.

December 20, 2015

鈥楩ree鈥� stimulus broadband project costs Minnesota taxpayers millions

The costs of the Lake Connections fiber optic network project in the vast northern Minnesota wilderness continue to increase, and local taxpayers are now footing part of the ever-growing bill.

December 20, 2015

Vermont lawmakers question credibility of new health plan that Gruber helped design

Vermont lawmakers say they're skeptical of Gov. Peter Shumlin's forthcoming single-payer financing plan because it relies on economic modeling provided by Jonathan Gruber.

December 20, 2015

Doctors testing seniors for cocaine, other drugs -- and Medicare pays the bill

Doctors are testing seniors for drugs such as heroin, cocaine and 鈥渁ngel dust鈥� at soaring rates, and Medicare is paying the bill.

December 20, 2015

James Bond allegedly ripped off Tennessee taxpayers, feds seem apathetic

Sumner County officials arrested James Jeffrey Bond on charges of fraudulently obtaining painkillers such as Tramadol, Oxycodone and Hydrocodone through doctor shopping using benefits from TennCare, Tennessee鈥檚 version of Medicaid. 聽

December 20, 2015

SolarCity鈥檚 $750M tax gift shrouded in secrecy

New York taxpayers are footing the bill for a massive $750-million SolarCity manufacturing plant with a promise that the company will spend $5 billion there on product and development, but when a local TV station tried to find out contract details, they were told it was confidential.

December 20, 2015

Judge OKs Detroit's plan to get out of bankruptcy

A judge on Friday approved Detroit's plan to get out of bankruptcy, ending the largest public filing in U.S. history and launching the city into a turnaround that will require discipline after years of corruption, budget-busting debt and an exodus of residents.

December 20, 2015

Proposed internet sales tax 鈥榮ingle biggest anti-taxpayer act in this Congress鈥�

The Marketplace Fairness Act, an Internet sales tax proposal that Congress is expected to push by the end of the year, is the 鈥渟ingle-biggest anti-taxpayer act in this Congress,鈥� National Taxpayers Union president Pete Sepp said in a phone conference Thursday.

December 20, 2015

License, ID card policies stir concerns over illegal immigrants voting

As more states begin providing illegal immigrants and their children with driver's licenses and ID cards, officials are concerned some also are registering to vote -- some by mistake, and others on purpose.

December 20, 2015

Chicken-like bird threatens western state economies, as feds weigh new rules

A small, chicken-like bird is threatening economies across the American West as the feds weigh new regulations to protect it.