Americans still confused about health reform
Will the new health-reform legislation mean higher taxes for the middle class? Will panels decide what care very sick, older people should receive? Not sure? Join the crowd.
A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products.
Dr. Griffin Coates said when his patients walk out of his office he and his wife often get hugs.
OSHA: Preliminary investigation finds 2 Illinois grain bin deaths, 1 injury were preventable
A grain bin accident that left two teenagers dead and a third hospitalized could have been prevented and preliminary investigations found one worker was underage and employees lacked safety equipment, a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said Thursday.
Gay employees are now entitled to unpaid leave to care for a partner's sick child.
Labor policy changes you should know about
Construction crews work at a site along Interstate 294 near Chicago. Recent developments in construction labor policy will change the labor practices of construction contractors who work on federal projects.
OSHA: 2 Illinois grain bin deaths were preventable
A grain bin accident that left two teenagers dead and a third hospitalized could have been prevented and preliminary investigations found one worker was underage and employees lacked safety equipment, a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said Thursday.
OSHA: 2 Illinois grain bin deaths were preventable
The condition of a hospitalized grain bin worker who was injured in an accident that left two other employees dead has improved.
Coal Mine Permits Await DEP Protocol
Forty-four permits were being held up as of mid-July. That represents about a quarter of all pending coal mine water discharge permits.
Citigroup paying $75-million to settle fraud charges
Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75-million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007.
It's a TARP! Fin-Reg Exempts SEC from Transperency Requirements -- By: Daniel Foster
"No one will know until this is actually in place how it works." With each passing day, Senator Dodd's appraisal of the Democrats' Fin-Reg bill get truer and truer.
Financial 'Reform' Bill Has Provision Exempting SEC...
Fox Business is reporting that the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill that President Obama signed recently includes a provision that exempts the Securities and Exchange Commission from responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.
