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May 2, 2016

Mine owner: EPA record of toxic dumping dates back to 2005

The EPA has a record of releasing toxic runoff from mines in two tiny Colorado towns that dates to 2005, a local mine owner claims.

May 2, 2016

Most states waiving work requirements for food stamps, despite improving job market

Most states still are waiving work requirements for those on food stamps, raising concerns that despite an improving job market the Obama administration is feeding government dependency -- and all at the expense of taxpayers.

May 2, 2016

San Francisco prosecutors charge illegal immigrant with killing woman at pier

San Francisco prosecutors Monday charged an illegal immigrant -- with a lengthy criminal record and deported five times -- with the murder of a young woman at a popular city pier.

May 2, 2016

No Plan B? White House, states in bind if Supreme Court strikes ObamaCare subsidies

With a major Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare potentially just days away, neither the Obama administration nor state governments seem to have a comprehensive plan in place in the event the court strikes down a key component of the law.

May 2, 2016

States flouting post-9/11 ID law, giving cards to illegal immigrants that mirror licenses

After the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed the REAL ID Act to prevent foreign nationals from fraudulently obtaining a U.S. driver's license -- by requiring any ID issued based on unverifiable foreign documents look different in "design or color" from an official driver's license. But more than a decade later, several state and local governments are openly flouting the law, issuing ID cards that are barely distinguishable from a bona fide driver's license.

May 2, 2016

Vermonter earning $300,000 put on Medicaid and can’t get off

Steve Cairns has had enough. The Stowe, Vt., tax preparer has worked 14 years to help clients dutifully pay taxes. In the past year, however, Cairns learned two of his clients -- through no fault of their own -- are on Medicaid despite earning $300,000 and $90,000, respectively.

May 2, 2016

Growing numbers seek faith-based alternative to ObamaCare

With just over 100,000 members, Medi-Share is part of a small, but growing, movement of health care-sharing ministries -- emerging as an ObamaCare alternative.

May 2, 2016

Hawaii’s $205M ObamaCare system on life support, critics fear ‘complete waste’

Federal taxpayers dumped more than $205 million into Hawaii's ObamaCare insurance exchange, but after a steady downward spiral the once-highly praised Hawaii Health Connector is on life support.

May 2, 2016

Bid to force ObamaCare expansion on states backfires, triggers lawsuit

Trying to force an ObamaCare expansion onto Florida by cutting funding for an existing Medicaid program has backfired on President Obama.

May 2, 2016

NYC in talks to keep Times Square billboards after federal law called for lights out

Times Square -- the "crossroads of the world" -- is beautiful just as it is, thank you. That's New York City's official response following reports that the city was facing pressure under a federal law to remove its iconic oversized billboards from the site, perhaps best known as the backdrop to the country's New Year's Eve celebrations.