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January 12, 2017

Ballot measure would ask Colorado to scrap ObamaCare for single-payer-style plan

Colorado voters could be asked to weigh in on a far-reaching, first-in-the-nation plan to scrap ObamaCare and replace it with a single-payer-style health care system.

January 12, 2017

Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm'

A controversial U.S. military training exercise known as “Operation Jade Helm’ rolls out this week across several southwestern states -- but a group of wary citizen watchdogs will be keeping an eye on them.

January 12, 2017

Feds to Alaskans: No road for humans, lots of land for animals

In one of Alaska's most remote outposts, where a thousand hardy souls make their homes, the Obama administration has put the fate of birds and bears above the lives of people, blocking construction of an 11-mile gravel trail connecting a tiny fishing hamlet to a life-saving airport. 

January 12, 2017

States roll out trippy ObamaCare ads to lure the uninsured

Oregon is in the running to win the prize for the weirdest commercial hyping ObamaCare. The state recently rolled out a 30-second Yellow Submarine-meets-acid ad to tout its new healthcare exchange,Cover Oregon.  

January 12, 2017

South Carolina city makes being homeless illegal

South Carolina’s capital city is dishing out some southern discomfort following a controversial decision to criminalize its homeless.

January 12, 2017

As Ebola fears spread, states take emergency response into their own hands

Not satisfied with the federal response, several states are taking the Ebola crisis into their own hands – tapping emergency funds in their budgets, launching treatment units and holding public hearings to stanch the spread of misinformation about the virus.

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

Wyoming welder faces $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his property

Wyoming resident Andy Johnson says he's being threatened with thousands of dollars in EPA fines for building a stock pond on his property.

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 2, 2017

Local jails refusing to hold illegal immigrant offenders, forcing feds to track them down

Local police agencies across the country are frustrating efforts at the federal level to detain and deport criminal illegal immigrants, leaving immigration officials scrambling to track them down.