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Small business owner grapples with health care costs

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Travis Morrison has the hands of a man who has worked hard his whole life. And while the cement mixing plant he runs has been around for 22 years, things have never...

Fight for public health plan option advances in Congress

Major House and Senate committees last week released drafts of health care reform proposals just as President Obama took his case for reform to the American people. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, Thurs. June 11, President Obama...

LA transportation plan delayed after public protest

Public protest greeted the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) recent special board meeting to pass the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The LRTP is a plan that spans over 30 years at a cost of...

President Obama: Health Care Reform is Key to Fiscal Health

President Obama pledges to sign tobacco bill

In remarks from the White House lawn June 12 President Obama welcomed the passage of a bill in Congress this week that will impose strong regulations on tobacco products, and he signaled his intention to sign...