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On July 8 Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed a lawsuit challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act , the first time a state has challenged the anti-gay law in court.
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Brewer signs 3 budget bills, but mess remains
Gov. Jan Brewer signed three bills Wednesday revamping the spending plan she rejected just a week earlier.
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Poll: Mich. Legislature should face cuts first
A poll suggests Michigan residents would like the Legislature to slash its own expenses before cutting school and police funding.
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An Emporia businesswoman has pleaded not guilty to eight charges alleging she defrauded Medicaid.
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Ex-Pizza Man Sentenced to Prison
A man who operated 80 Pizza Hut restaurants in the Detroit area has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for failing to send payroll taxes to the government.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Thursday that cash from the Recovery Act will be distributed to more than 500 cities, counties and communities.
Deliberations begin in Alabama drug price lawsuit
A California-based drug maker accused of cheating Alabama's Medicaid program out of $23 million from 1991 to 2005 should be made to pay up to five times that amount to "get their attention," an attorney for the state told jurors in closing arguments Wednesday.
LANSING -- Attorney General Mike Cox and a group of Republican lawmakers proposed Wednesday the creation of an independent auditor to weed out fraud and abuse in Michigan's Medicaid programs, a move they say could reap hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings to taxpayers.
Stricter Labeling Urged For Bottled Water
Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, researchers and congressional investigators say in reports.
Federal Marriage Law Gets 1st Test From Mass.
Massachusetts has challenged the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, calling it "discriminatory and overreaching," and supporters say other states could follow suit.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says temporary budgets are costly, hurt vulnerable citizens
State government is starting to crack along the seams as Ohio moves into the second week of temporary budgeting with costs reaching about $14 million a week, Gov.
FDA resists push to ban painkiller Darvocet but orders stronger warnings about overdose risk
The government is letting the painkillers Darvocet, Darvon and their generic cousins stay on the market but ordered stronger warnings against deadly overdoses on Tuesday.
A look at health care plans in Congress
A look at health care legislation taking shape in the Democratic-controlled House and Senate as President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the system, cover nearly 50 million uninsured Americans and reduce costs.
Obama supports new long-term care benefit
Moving to broaden the scope of the health care overhaul, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind the creation of a program to help families struggling with long-term care costs.The voluntary insurance program - sponsored by Sen.
Stanford Bioethicist And Colleagues Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing
Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes.
Mass. treasurer to switch from Democratic party
State Treasurer Timothy Cahill, eyeing a possible run for governor next year, is changing his political party.
Watchdog office says NC could have saved $226M
North Carolina could have saved up to $226 million if regulators had acted more quickly to contain costs in a program that provides non-medical care for mental health patients living at home, a legislative watchdog agency said Monday.
Michael F. Jacobson: To fight obesity, put tax on liquid candy
Why tax soda? Obesity is expensive and soda is cheap. To be sure, a lot of factors contribute to obesity, including enormous restaurant meals and the couch-potato syndrome.
Congress back to wrestle with healthcare reform
After a week of holiday barbecues and hometown parades, the U.S. Congress returned to work on Monday to face what could be the year's most severe test -- finding common ground on a huge and costly U.S. healthcare overhaul.
West Virginia Doctor Convicted of Insurance Fraud Denied New Trial
A federal judge has denied a convicted West Virginia physician's request for a new trial.