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What Free Trade With Europe Will Mean
By Alexei BayerSome sectors will thrive on more trans-Atlantic trade.
August 16, 2013
Number of obese Americans not going downA government survey shows the proportion of U.S. adults considered obese has not changed for years now.
August 16, 2013
Number of obese Americans not going downA government survey shows the proportion of U.S. adults considered obese has not changed for years now.
August 15, 2013
Mich. court rejects changes to workers’ pensionsAn appeals court rules that nearly 18,000 state employees dont have to contribute 4 percent of their pay to get full pension benefits in retirement.
August 15, 2013
Mich. court rejects changes to workers’ pensionsAn appeals court rules that nearly 18,000 state employees dont have to contribute 4 percent of their pay to get full pension benefits in retirement.
August 14, 2013
State insurance budgets tick upRevenues collected from the insurance industry increased 1.5 percent since 2011. Budgets as a percentage of revenue are down, however.
August 13, 2013
Will Nebraska Bail Out Illinois? News AnalysisWhen the scale of the pension problem becomes manifest in current state budgeting, will politicians seek to nationalize the problem with a taxpayer bailout, ask fiscally prudent Nebraska to help profligate Illinois?
August 12, 2013
Arizona wildfire survivors still searching for benefitsFEMA ruled it wont financially help out victims of a deadly forest fire in June, which means Arizona might be the only government body to come to their rescue.