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GHEI: Springtime blues for consumers
Americans are still asking themselves, "where's the recovery?" The latest re- ports suggest the answer is nowhere in sight, as the present "recovery" is looking an awful lot like a recession.
April unemployment down in D.C.
Statistics released Friday show the District's unemployment rate dropped from 9.8 percent in March to 9.5 percent in April, a positive sign that Mayor Vincent C. Gray touted as proof his employment programs have been effective although there is “more work to do.”
EDITORIAL: Small businesses sweat it out
The arrival of summer in the nation's capital is always heralded by humidity and resulting citywide lethargy. Unfortunately for small-business owners perspiring over what taxes they'll owe Uncle Sam for the year, this season is no different.
EDITORIAL: Public-sector millionaires
Fat cats with big salaries are once again the enemy of the left. At the local, state, federal and even international level, liberal politicians are clamoring for new levies on the selfish few living it up on easy street. Left unsaid is that many of those well-heeled plutocrats are pulling down a public salary.
Yikes! Bed bugs invade D.C. health offices
Bed bugs have infested the vital statistics department of the D.C. Department of Health, according to emails obtained by The Washington Times that show DOH officials have been slow to eradicate the problem.
U.S. unemployment aid applications stay at 370,000
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting modest but steady gains in the job market.
City wants its form of Hatch Act to prevail
The District's top attorney on Wednesday asked members of Congress to let the D.C. government rely on its own version of a federal law that polices public employees' participation in partisan politics, arguing the city is plagued by confusing applications of law.
Md. House passes tax increases
The General Assembly closed its special session on Wednesday by granting final approval to a set of tax and revenue increases.
Lanier gains lawsuit protection
The D.C. police chief's new five-year contract explicitly states that she is protected from civil and criminal lawsuits and drops a paragraph about collective bargaining at the center of a lawsuit brought by the Fraternal Order of Police.
Catholic university in Ohio drops student health plans
A Catholic university in Ohio has become the first college to drop its student health plans in the wake of the Obama administration's requirement that employee and student plans include all FDA-approved birth control.
Mass. Senate to tackle health care payment plan
Gov. Deval Patrick praised lawmakers Tuesday for tackling the high cost of medical care in Massachusetts while expressing reservations about some aspects of cost containment legislation, including a proposal to create a new state agency responsible for monitoring health care expenditures.
Bill offers benefits to gay partners
In the wake of President Obama's shift last week in support for gay marriage, a Senate panel announced plans to mark up a bill Wednesday that would extend marital and retirement benefits to federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships.
Ind. diocese denies discrimination over IVF
An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant.
1 in 3 autistic young adults lack jobs, education
One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.
Video: Wis. Gov. Walker explains divide, conquer strategy
Newly-released documentary film footage from January 2011 shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker describing a "divide and conquer" strategy for going after the state's public employee unions that would begin with going after their collective bargaining rights, undermining his long-held claim that his divisive union rights law was meant solely as a budget-balancing measure.