December 20, 2015 Communities put brakes on red-light cameras as studies differ on results Communities across the country are pulling the plug on red-light cameras amid mounting questions over whether the controversial revenue-raising devices are effective in preventing accidents.
December 20, 2015 New documents reveal joking about NJ traffic jams The latest documents released by a New Jersey legislative committee looking into a political payback scandal surrounding Gov. Chris Christie show two figures at the heart of the case making running jokes about the idea of creating traffic jams as a way to strike at enemies.
December 20, 2015 DC orders insurers to cover sex-change surgery Insurance companies in the District of Columbia have been ordered to stop denying coverage to transgender residents seeking gender-reassignment surgery.
December 20, 2015 Feds, states scramble to recruit young, healthy into ObamaCare as enrollment lags Young, healthy adults are the Holy Grail for insurance companies. That has the Obama administration pulling out the stops to recruit them into ObamaCare.
December 20, 2015 Pennsylvania man wins partial victory in attempt to win back daughter Army veteran Chris Carlton says even though he still does not know the whereabouts of his 4-year-old daughter, Tuesday was a good day.
December 20, 2015 Nevada, Delaware sign deal to allow interstate online gambling The governors of Nevada and Delaware are going all in for online gambling, agreeing to let residents in those states play against each other at virtual tables.
December 20, 2015 Hooray for Hollywood: Florida taxpayers could hand film industry $1B tax break The giveaways, or subsidies, allow for selected companies producing films, commercials, music videos, “high-impact” television shows and interactive websites to skip out on as much as 30 percent of their tax bills as long as they’re working in Florida.
December 20, 2015 Democratic and GOP governors face off in Washington over minimum wage hike President Obama and fellow Democrats are trying to use the annual Washington meeting of governors to rally support for increasing the federal minimum wage, as their Republican counterparts argue the idea is a jobs killer.
December 20, 2015 Alabama bill would repeal Common Core curriculum standards Alabama is one of 45 states to adopt the standards that were developed by the National Governors' Association and tied to federal Race to the Top grants by the Obama administration.
December 20, 2015 Calif. senator charged in big corruption case A California state senator was charged Friday with accepting $100,000 in bribes, lavish trips and no-show jobs for his children in exchange for pushing legislation to benefit a hospital engaged in billing fraud and participating in a film industry tax scheme that actually was an FBI sting.