Road funding big, but not only, issue facing Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Legislature begins the 2017-2018 session on Tuesday.
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Claiming mandate, GOP Congress lays plans to propel sweeping conservative agenda
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a Dec. 8, 2016 ceremony where the official portrait of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was unveiled in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at a Dec. 8, 2016 ceremony where the official portrait of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., was unveiled in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. For six years, since they took back the House of Representatives, Republicans have added to a pile of legislation that moldered outside the White House. In their thwarted agenda, financial regulations were to be unspooled.
Justice, retirement systems among Daugaard’s top priorities
Gov. Dennis Daugaard enters his final two years in office aiming to tackle issues ranging from rising methamphetamine use to the solvency of the state retirement system. During the legislative session that starts Jan. 10, the Republican governor will likely be the final word on reshaping a voter-approved government ethics overhaul and deciding whether to restrict the bathrooms that transgender students use.
In 2017, GOP Congress sees mandate to undo Obamaa s agenda
Republicans' grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama's agenda. With Republican President-elect Donald Trump weeks away from assuming office, GOP lawmakers plan to open the 115th Congress on Tuesday and immediately take steps to repeal Obama's health care law.
Planned Parenthood Asks Judge to Halt Texas Medicaid Cuts
Planned Parenthood has asked a federal judge to stop Texas from cutting it from the state's Medicaid program, which the nation's largest abortion provider says would reduce health services for nearly 11,000 low-income women. The request to U.S. District Sam Sparks was filed late Friday in Austin and is part of an ongoing lawsuit filed last year.
In 2017, GOP Congress sees mandate to undo Obama’s agenda
" Republicans' grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama's agenda. With Republican President-elect Donald Trump weeks away from assuming office, GOP lawmakers plan to open the 115th Congress on Tuesday and immediately take steps to repeal Obama's health care law.
Obama lines up a meeting with lawmakers, a speech in Chicago
Eager to stop Republicans from destroying his signature health care law, President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers will meet next week to try to forge a common strategy. Obama also plans a major valedictory speech in Chicago, his hometown, shortly before his presidency ends.
Surprise! Republicans Could Be on the Verge of Dismantling Medicare
House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders have big plans to save Medicare that would involve a major overhaul to the program, including privatization. Even though most Republicans are on board, Ryan and others in favor of his plans are likely to face significant opposition to such a sweeping overhaul.
Obama to meet lawmakers in attempt to protect health law
President Barack Obama plans to meet Democratic lawmakers in Congress next week to discuss how to protect his signature healthcare law from Republican efforts to dismantle it, a White House official said on Friday. Obama, who is leaving office on Jan. 20, will attend a meeting with Democrats from the House of Representatives and the Senate on Wednesday, the official said.
11th-hour Obama moves to thwart President-elect’s agenda
President Barack Obama will head to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with House and Senate Democrats on a strategy to block the Republican effort to dismantle his signature health care law. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced earlier this month that repealing Obamacare was the first item on the agenda for the new Congress in 2017 and President-elect Donald Trump has called for the program to be repealed and replaced.
2016 Health Care Year in Review
This was a tumultuous year in health care and elsewhere. Wherever we looked, the improbable and unbelievable became true and believable: from Brexit to a President-elect Trump to alleged foreign sabotage of our political institutions.
Obamacare subscribers decry possible repeal
Josh Scussell has fought his non-Hodgkins lymphoma for years, enduring stem-cell transplants and rounds of chemotherapy as doctors worked to sustain his life. But the Guilford resident on Wednesday said the real reason he's still among the living is the federal Affordable Care Act - otherwise known as Obamacare - that the newly elected Republican majority in Congress intends to repeal.
Obama says he would have outrun Trump, but Trump says, ‘No way!’
U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday that he would have won most Americans' support if he had been able to run against Donald Trump for a third term. U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the podium after speaking to journalists during his last news conference of the year at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2016.
Minnesota beats rest of country in banning germ-killer
This April 30, 2013, photo shows the label of a bottle of antibacterial soap in a kitchen in Chicago.
Nevada Foreclosure Mediation Program Winding Down
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A wish list for next legislative session
With the 2016 election over and the jockeying well underway for position and power, we are being treated to various Kansas politicians - from the governor on down - determined to dampen our holiday spirits. In an effort to maintain some happiness and good humor in this season, it seems appropriate to send Santa a last minute wish list for the good people of Kansas.
Why the white working class votes against itself
Maybe they believed any Big Government expansions would disproportionately go to the "wrong" kinds of people - that is, people unlike themselves. Hillary Clinton's unexpected loss, particularly in traditionally blue strongholds, has led to lots of rumination about what the Democrats must do to reclaim their political territory.
Trump, vinpocetine, hemp: AHPA looks at 2016 events that will affect 2017
Several events in 2016 will impact the industry in 2017 and future years. The 2016 election results tops that list.
Almond drink? Soy juice? Some lawmakers want to crack down on what can be sold as ‘milk’
A group of more than 20 U.S. legislators sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration demanding it require the makers of soy milk, almond milk and rice milk to drop "milk" from the label of anything that doesn't come directly from an animal. In the latest salvo in a nearly two-decades-old fight over what should and shouldn't be called milk, a group of more than 20 U.S. legislators sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration demanding it require the makers of soy milk, almond milk and rice milk to drop "milk" from the label of anything that doesn't come directly from an animal.
Obamacare 2017 Enrollment Hits Record, Despite Threat To Repeal
Although President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal Obamacare next month, a record number of people have signed up for coverage for 2017. Nearly 6.4 million Americans have selected Obamacare policies through the federal exchange for coverage starting Jan. 1, federal officials announced Wednesday.