by Jane Richey | Aug 31, 2013 | Health Care
A Rand Corp. report released Thursday says health care premiums next year largely will be unchanged for individuals and small businesses, a boost to Obamacare supporters a little more than a month before consumers can begin shopping for coverage. Overall, the analysis...
by Jane Richey | Aug 28, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Department of Defense plans to spend $25,883 to count giant fairy shrimp, butterflies, Argus land snails and other invertebrates at its airborne weapons testing and training facility in China Lake, California, located in the northeast Mojave Desert.The Naval...
by Jane Richey | Aug 28, 2013 | Agenda 21
Creating “livable communities” is one of five objectives for the U.S. Department of Transportation, as it updates its 2014-2018 strategic plan.The draft plan, released this week, notes that President Obama “has made place-based policy a key component...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. government will fund $313 million in home mortgages for Palestinians living on the West Bank, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday. The U.S. will also guarantee $110 million in loans to small- and medium-sized businesses...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Treasury Department’s latest official daily accounting of the U.S. government’s receipts, expenditures and borrowings–released this afternoon at 4:00 p.m.–indicates that the legally limited debt of the federal government has now been exactly...