Health care December 20, 2015 ObamaCare sites fail to rate insurance plans Shopping for health insurance on the ObamaCare exchanges? Not only will you have to navigate the technical problems that have plagued the site -- but in most states, those running the exchanges are not posting ratings that could give shoppers a clear sense of how good the plans are.
States Rights December 20, 2015 Pot legalization effort moves eastward to Maine Advocates of recreational marijuana use are looking to an upcoming vote in Maine as an indicator of whether the East Coast is ready to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington by legalizing cannabis.
Controversies December 20, 2015 Gun rights rally to break century-long Alamo tradition This is how to make another gun rally in gun-friendly Texas stand out: Tell everybody to bring their rifles and shotguns to the Alamo, the state’s most popular attraction, which sits downtown in the country’s seventh-largest city. And be sure to invite the state’s gun-friendliest politician, who also happens to hold the keys to the historic site.
Cities December 20, 2015 Striking San Francisco transit union, authorities make offers San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office.
States Rights December 20, 2015 Same-sex marriages to begin Monday in NJ Same-sex marriages can begin within days in New Jersey after the state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold an order that they must start Monday and to deny a delay that had been sought by Gov. Chris Christie's administration.
Cities December 20, 2015 San Francisco transit workers strike after contract talks break down San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit workers could go on strike at midnight unless a last-minute deal on a contract is reached with management, a union leader said Thursday.
Cities December 20, 2015 Ex-San Diego Mayor Filner pleads guilty to felony false imprisonment, battery Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony false imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of battery involving three women, just weeks after he left office amid a storm of sexual harassment allegations.
States Rights December 20, 2015 Michigan attorney general confident Supreme Court will uphold affirmative action law Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told Megyn Kelly Monday on "The Kelly File" a controversial voter-approved amendment ensures that “the only thing we are discriminating against in Michigan is discrimination itself.”
Issues December 20, 2015 Food stamp debit cards working again after outage People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves temporarily unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine test of backup systems by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure. Xerox announced late in the evening that access has been restored for users in the 17 states affected by the outage, hours after the first problems were reported.
PERSONAL FREEDOMS December 20, 2015 Company will move if Colorado approves gun control Unnoticed amid dozens of tract homes in the Denver suburbs, a nondescript industrial building is suddenly in the middle of the gun control debate in Colorado.
Cities December 20, 2015 Food stamp debit cards not working in 17 states People in Ohio, Michigan and 15 other states found themselves unable to use their food stamp debit-style cards on Saturday, after a routine check by vendor Xerox Corp. resulted in a system failure.