Manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in nearly three years as new orders plummeted, according to one measure of the sector that provided a stark sign of the economic recovery's slowdown.
Sharply increased fines and fees levied by money-starved towns across the country and the for-profit businesses that administer the system have resulted in growing numbers of poor people ending up jailed and in debt for minor infractions.
Many combat veterans will try to stay far away from fireworks displays. I because the sights and sounds take them back to combat and serve as a reminder of sudden death and injury.
The audio that plays on a talking urinal cake that Michigan officials hope will help to curb drunk driving on the 4th of July. 400 of the sanitizer cakes were distributed to restaurants across four counties in the state.
The number of Americans without insurance that have incomes falling below 138 percent of the federal poverty level, the new Medicaid eligibility threshold under the ACA. If all states implement the Medicaid expansion then they will gain coverage in 2014.
Congress on Friday signed off on a deal to halt an increase in student loan interest rates that could affect more than 7 million people — clearing the way for President Barack Obama’s signature.
Six states still have work to do to finish their budgets before the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. But barring a late surprise, only one state is at risk of a government shutdown because of incomplete budget work: New Jersey.
Home to more than half of the public corporations in America, Delaware has always drawn the ire of other states for the billions in tax dollars it drains away. Now it is drawing increasing fire for the proliferation of illegal businesses due to extremely loose incorporation laws.
