Day: August 17, 2009

Some criticized stimulus projects are popular locally and underscore that boondoggle is in the eye of the beholder.

The option of a co-op instead of a government health plan is so ill defined that no one knows exactly what it would look like.

Investors buy tax liens from local governments and charge high interest rates and thousands of dollars in fees.

Gen. Ray Odierno said that releasing members of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, which is believed responsible for attacks that have killed Americans, is a step toward reconciliation.

The mayor of Anchorage on Monday vetoed a ban against discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying it was unclear that such discrimination existed.

Navigating the acrimonious debate among Democrats — between a public option and a health care cooperative — presents a significant challenge for the president.

An untended lawn and a delinquent mortgage may have led to a Congressional ethics investigation of Representative Laura Richardson, Democrat of California.

Jones v. Harris Associates may to be the court’s first big statement on a culture that contributed to the recession.

More than one in 10 deaths in immigration detention since October 2003 were omitted from an official list, the Obama administration said.

Some dealers say the government has paid them for only a small fraction of the deals they have made under the car rebate program.