December 20, 2015 Hot-Button Issue: Calif. Republicans rally behind Sriracha in fight against city California Republicans are bringing the heat to a fight over Sriracha's hot sauce factory, rallying behind manufacturer Huy Fong as officials in a Los Angeles suburb crack down on the company.
December 20, 2015 Former Labor secretary Reich blasts Bundy The comment from Robert Reich comes after Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid last week called Bundy’s supporters “domestic terrorists.”
December 20, 2015 Gay rights group files federal lawsuit challenging Ga. same-sex marriage ban Georgia voters in 2004 overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
December 20, 2015 UAW's case to establish itself at Tenn. VW plant wasn't solid, labor expert says There’s more to the story than what union President Bob King has said publicly, according to Patrick Semmens, spokesman for the National Right to Work Foundation.
December 20, 2015 Small western towns to lose Amtrak service if states can't pay up Amtrak says customers along a 600-mile stretch of the famous line will lose service in 2016 unless the states they live in cough up enough cash to upgrade aging track.
December 20, 2015 Iowa to give Microsoft millions in exchange for 86 jobs The Iowa Economic Development Authority has unmasked Project Alluvion, awarding $18 million in sales tax rebates for Microsoft to build a data center in West Des Moines.
December 20, 2015 Minneapolis pol wants to ban take-out trays They came for your plastic bags, and now they're coming for your take-out trays.
December 20, 2015 Ky. House speaker says hacker tweeted anti-McConnell remarks from his account Democratic Speaker Greg Stumbo took to Twitter to distance himself from the criticism directed at the five-term Republican senator from Kentucky.
December 20, 2015 ‘This thing is working’? Widows of Alabama county workers dropped from health plans As President Obama touts rising enrollment in ObamaCare and declares "this thing is working," one Alabama county has reported another negative side effect from the law -- widows of county workers getting dropped from their insurance.
December 20, 2015 Alleged scammers burn Miami-Dade fire department from within South Florida is no stranger to insurance fraud. But a recently exposed scam involving public workers is sure to leave taxpayers seething and give Miami-Dade's bravest a black eye.