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Survey: Private employers add just 119K in April
A private survey shows U.S. companies added just 119,000 jobs in April, the fewest in seven months. The report Wednesday from payroll processor ADP suggests that government spending cuts and higher taxes could be starting to weigh on the job market. And new requirements under President Barack Obama's health care ...
With 1 week to go, Sanford subject of attacks
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford can't seem to escape attacks on the extramarital affair that derailed his political career, which he hopes to revive in a special congressional election that is now a week away. For months, his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, refused to criticize Sanford's affair — ...
Arkansas prepares to launch Medicaid IG office
As Arkansas moves forward with a plan to offer subsidized health insurance to thousands of low-income residents, it is preparing to reorganize its Medicaid program to create a new office that would investigate fraud and waste complaints. Under a measure Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law last week, 33 staffers ...
Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons
President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the president also defended the FBI's work in monitoring the activities in recent years ...
Laying bare your finances to apply for health care
After a storm of complaints, the Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled simplified forms to apply for insurance under the president's new health care law. You won't have to lay bare your medical history but you will have to detail your finances. An earlier version of the forms had provoked widespread ...
Obama Administration rolls out new health insurance forms
The Obama Administration unveiled new draft forms Tuesday for people to apply for insurance coverage under the Obama health law, releasing signup applications which are much shorter and less complex than an earlier version that drew criticism from backers and critics alike of the health reform law. "Consumers will have ...
Dayton names directors of health insurance site
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday appointed six people with a wide range of health care experience to serve on the board of directors for the Minnesota's health care exchange, the online marketplace where the uninsured and other residents will be able to shop for coverage under the federal health care ...
Obama says his health care law mostly in place
President Barack Obama argues that his signature health care law is already benefiting most Americans even if they don't know it. The president says despite what he calls "sky is falling" predictions, the Affordable Care Act's provisions are already in place for those with health insurance. He says what's left ...
As special session looms, many issues unresolved
With the Washington state Legislature set to convene a special session on May 13, Gov. Jay Inslee, House Democrats and the Republican-dominated Senate majority will be tasked with working toward a budget deal. But that likely won't be the only contentious matter the parties will take up next month. A ...
Economic gains may not help Democrats much in 2014
Presidents like to take credit for economic recoveries, just as President Barack Obama is angling to do now. He and his allies in Congress have "walked the economy back from the brink," his new 2014 federal budget blueprint asserts. And Democrats hope these improvements, while still slow and uneven, will ...
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