Taxpayer dollars the state of Texas has paid anti-abortion advocates to help defend its abortion restrictions in federal court. Of the 21 advocates, judges disregarded the testimony of six.
Pay raise that Denver teachers negotiated after they went on strike for three days, according to the union. The district, by contrast, said the average raise will be 11.7 percent.
The amount Google said it will spend on data centers and offices in the United States this year. With the new investment Google will now be in 24 U.S. states.
Local government employees who earn $50,000 or less a year. Among state workers, the number is 42 percent. Among federal workers, it's only 16 percent.
Drop in the average tax refund from the first week of the 2018 filing season to the first week of this year's. Refunds are being closely watched as the full effect of the 2017 tax overhaul enacted by Congressional Republicans comes into view.
Black Virginians who think Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam should stay in office despite the photo on his 1984 yearbook page that shows people in blackface and KKK costumes. Among white Virginians polled, only 46 percent think he should stay in office.
Investments from 24 public pension funds in the two biggest private prison companies -- CoreCivic and GEO Group. The American Federation of Teachers is calling on them to dump those stocks.