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Rail industry, utilities boost 'clean coal' coalition
The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has been “the coal industry’s most public voice” in the on-going fight over new energy regulations proposed by the Obama administration, as the Center...
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GI bill covered tuition for nearly a million post-9/11 veterans without...
The Post-9/11 GI Bill has paid for nearly 1 million veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to go to school at a cost of about $30 billion since 2009, but the federal government has yet to document...
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The fiction of Obamacare 'rate shock'
In this weekly column, former health insurance executive Wendell Potter offers commentary on matters relating to U.S. health care reformIt’s been a while since you’ve seen a lot of stories in the media...
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Getting adults on board for alternatives to locking up kids
The idea of hauling young offenders into court — and hoping lockup will change them — no longer appeals to a host of experts who work in the juvenile criminal justice system. But it’s not always easy...
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Unions dramatically increase super PAC donations
Labor unions are increasingly flexing their muscles in the political arena through the use of super PACs — the organizations frequently funded by billionaire businessmen and often derided for...
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Women veterans face stereotypes on and off the battlefield
The fight to feel like a veteran weighs substantially on female soldiers returning from war, though their numbers have been historic, with more than 280,000 returning from deployments in Iraq and...
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West Virginia races primed for super PAC activity
A newly created super PAC appears to have its sights set on West Virginia, a state where Republicans in 2014 hope to pick up both a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.A group...
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One-fifth of female veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan show signs of sexual trauma
At least one in five female veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has screened positive for military sexual trauma (MST) once back home, Department of Veterans Affairs records show. And this may...
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Gingrich committee again targeted by FEC
The Federal Election Commission is again threatening Newt Gingrich's presidential committee with legal trouble, saying the former U.S. House speaker's 2012 campaign is flouting federal law by failing...
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American fugitive used big banks to shuffle more than $1 million offshore,...
An American wanted on organized crime charges in New Jersey and New York shuffled more than $1 million around the world through accounts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Australia’s ANZ Bank,...
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How industry beats back environmental regulations
If you want to understand how industries are able beat back even modest regulations aimed at protecting the public—whether to limit greenhouse gases from power plants or eliminate cancerous chemicals...
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Some charities claiming to support veterans spend heavily on overhead instead
Over four years, as increasing numbers of veterans returned home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a charity called Disabled Veterans Services of Pompano Beach, Fla., reported raising more than $8...
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U.S. agency rejects internal warnings about potential waste in Afghanistan...
The U.S. Agency for International Development is propping up Afghanistan’s national health care system with millions of dollars in direct assistance even though its effort lacks the sort of controls...
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Court rejects Obama administration secrecy plea
Federal air marshal Robert MacLean was at his Las Vegas home in July 2003 when he received an alarming text message from the Transportation Security Administration, advising all air marshals to cancel...
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Did powerful Egyptian illegally donate to Romney?
Update, Sept. 6, 2013, 2:45 p.m.: This article has been updated to reflect comments from the Romney Victory Inc. committee.A joint fundraising committee led by 2012 Republican presidential candidate...
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In new battleground over toxic reform, American Chemistry Council targets the...
HARTFORD, Conn. — In the bare-knuckle war over toxic chemicals, the fight between industry and activists has shifted noticeably from Washington, D.C., to state venues such as the golden-domed Capitol...
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Best of friends: Baltimore mayor, chemical lobbyist
The American Chemistry Council’s influence is so deeply entwined with local and state government, it sometimes feels like a marriage. Sometimes, it is.In Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is so...
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Session for state officials "intended to educate," not influence, corporate...
When the Council of State Governments met last year to discuss product safety, the session was sponsored by Procter & Gamble at its corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, with all presentations led...
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The benefits of Obamacare in the simplest terms
In this weekly column, former health insurance executive Wendell Potter offers commentary on matters relating to U.S. health care reform Since 2010, the year President Obama signed the Affordable Care...
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Ex-Wall Street chieftains living large in post-meltdown world
Editor's note: Nearly five years ago, on Sept. 15, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11, the largest bankruptcy in the nation’s history. The move set off a series of dramatic actions in...
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