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February 8, 2016

Trump and Sanders: Why do so many Americans find them appealing?

When the devil you know is squeezing you poor, embracing the devil you don’t know offers at least some prospect for relief.

December 20, 2015

Despite ‘staggering’ success, Ill. drops Medicaid fraud finder -- gives job to unionized employees

Illinois is rewarding a private company that has found more than 200,000 people who should not be enrolled in Medicaid by pulling the firm off the job.

December 20, 2015

Government employees and politicians gets special status from TSA

Government employees and politicians get preferential treatment from the Transportation Security Administration simply for being government employees and politicians.

December 20, 2015

US Postal Service loses $2 billion this spring

The loss for the spring quarter, which ended June 30, was significantly higher than the $740 million loss for the same three-month period last year. 

December 20, 2015

Feds used donations intended for poor for massages, luxuries for themselves

Federal employees and a contractor diverted more than $1 million of charitable contributions to spending on themselves for in-office massages, meals at every meeting and other luxuries and unnecessary expenses, a government audit found.

December 20, 2015

California farmer locked in battle with union

Six months ago, workers at one of the largest fruit farms in the U.S. went to the ballot box to decide if they would continue to be represented by the United Farm Workers, which won that right two decades ago but never forged a labor contract.

December 20, 2015

Lawmakers look to combat seafood fraud

When the weather warms and the South Carolina humidity hangs like a soggy blanket along the coast, you can often find an entrepreneur selling shrimp out of the back of a pickup truck by the road with a hand-scrawled sign promoting it as both fresh and local. There's a chance it's neither.

December 9, 2015

New bid to rein in outsize UN salaries: even UN agencies asking for relief

The tide may be turning in a long struggle to get the United Nations to cut back the fat compensation packages that it hands out to employees -- deals at least 30 percent richer than their supposedly comparable U.S. federal counterparts, according to U.S. calculations.

December 2, 2015

American farmers confront 'big data' revolution

Farmers from across the nation gathered in Washington this month for what has become an annual trek to seek action on the most important matters in American agriculture, such as immigration reform and water regulations.

December 2, 2015

Beef prices reach highest level since 1987

The highest beef prices in almost three decades have arrived just before the start of grilling season, causing sticker shock for both consumers and restaurant owners -- and relief isn't likely anytime soon.