Source: Indianapolis Star | Indiana |
February 28, 2013
After a torrent of criticism, Gov. Mike Pence’s administration reversed its decision to suspend extended federal unemployment benefits for about 32,000 jobless Hoosiers.
Source: Politico | Maricopa County, Ariz. |
February 28, 2013
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has a solution for the federal government’s mass release of illegal immigrants to cut costs ahead of the sequester: Send them for free to his “Tent City," where prisoners sleep in tents and are required to wear pink underwear.
Just days away from the deadline when across-the-board federal spending cuts kick in, two budget experts disagreed about what kind of impact the cuts would have on the national economy.
Source: Raleigh News & Observer | North Carolina |
February 27, 2013
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is poised to sign legislation that rejects any effort to have a state-sponsored insurance exchange or expand Medicaid coverage to 500,000 low-income residents.
Source: Washington Post | Nation |
February 27, 2013
The Obama administration announced that it had released hundreds of illegal immigrants held in detention facilities, saying it could no longer afford to house them because of across-the-board cuts that are set to start taking effect Friday.
Source: New York Times | Nation |
February 26, 2013
The document will be submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a suit seeking to strike down Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage.
The legislation, which has 13 co-sponsors would create a framework for the FDA to eventually legalize medicinal pot and would also block the feds from interfering in any of the 19 states where it's legal.
With the automatic cuts set to begin Friday, the White House issued reports Sunday on how the looming $85 billion in automatic budget cuts will affect each of the 50 states.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO have agreed on a set of recommendations to deliver to Congress on how to revamp the nation's visa programs that bring in low-skilled workers.