Despite budget surplus, no state bailout in works for Detroit, says top lawmaker
DETROIT (Reuters) – Despite forecasts that Michigan will have a budget surplus, a top state legislator on Wednesday warned that Detroit should not expect a state bailout for the struggling city that has filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. hi…
U.S. farm bill deal could be reached this week -senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiations in Congress on the long overdue U.S. farm bill could be completed this week after progress was stalled by a disagreement over a dairy price support program, a senator said on Wednesday.
U.S. farm bill deal could be reached this week -senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Negotiations in Congress on the long overdue U.S. farm bill could be completed this week after progress was stalled by a disagreement over a dairy price support program, a senator said on Wednesday.
U.S. Labor Department to probe Florida’s jobless benefits website
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Labor officials will travel to Florida to investigate the state’s troubled unemployment compensation website following criticism it is failing to get jobless benefits to laid-off workers, an official …
U.S. Labor Department to probe Florida’s jobless benefits website
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – U.S. Department of Labor officials will travel to Florida to investigate the state’s troubled unemployment compensation website following criticism it is failing to get jobless benefits to laid-off workers, an official …
Chinese inexperience a factor in warships’ near-miss : U.S. admiral
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese operational inexperience and communications difficulties on both sides contributed to a near-collision between the USS Cowpens and a Chinese warship in the South China Sea last month, the head of U.S. forces in the Asia-P…
U.S. Senate hearing urges quicker commodity limits on banks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers at a Senate hearing on Wednesday pushed financial regulators to speed up efforts to limit Wall Street’s role in physical commodities markets, pressing for a pivotal policy shift after a decade of deepening trade.
Springsteen, Fallon lampoon N.J. Governor Christie’s ‘Bridgegate’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie might be trying turn attention away from the September traffic jam scandal dogging his political aspirations, but late-night talk show hosts and Democratic lawmakers are not letting up.
U.S. Democratic lawmaker Moran to retire after 12 terms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Moran, a 12-term Virginia liberal, on Wednesday became the third member of his party this week to announce he will not seek re-election in November.
Obamacare ‘surge’ persists into 2014 in some states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The late-December surge that pushed enrollment in private health insurance plans under Obamacare past 2.1 million people continued into 2014, officials of several state-run insurance marketplaces said on Wednesday.
