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lawsuit launched over trump epa’s delay in cleaning up smog from

OAKLAND, Calif — The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Environmental Health filed formal notice today of their intent to sue Trump Environmental Protection Agency for delays in reducing dangerous smog pollution from oil and gas drilling 15 states.. ..

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state-run reinsurance programs lowered obamacare premiums: study

State-run reinsurance programs lowered insurance premiums by nearly 20 percent, according to study released Wednesday that will aid Democrats seeking added funding for reinsurance pool... ..

working people respond to midterm election results

No longer will the president and his congressional allies have reign to politicize the civil service and reduce civil service protections or rights. We expect Congress to respect the civil service and our union rights order to promote tomorrow for federal workers.. ..

supreme court looks at federal sentencing

By wrestling with legal mess left over from its last, WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opened its new term yesterday, when decision limiting judges power to boost jail time for criminals threw into doubt the constitutionality of the government's two-decade-old sentencing system.. ..

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obama rejects governors’ plan to overhaul medicaid

The president on Monday rejected plan promoted by Republican governors including Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Scott Walker of Wisconsin to turn Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that provides health care for the poor, into block grant program. ..

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