Obama Gives States Health Care Options

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2011 Perhaps shoring himself up for campaign 2012, President Obama announced Monday that he would give individual states the choice to opt out of his health care plan if they can come up with a viable alternative -- but regardless, they'll have to wait until 2017. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

State Budget Cuts Are Bad for Your Health

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 9, 2011 The budget cuts being proposed in state capitals around the country may sound vague and abstract, but what they boil down to are many scenes of misery. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Cuts Are Coming

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 17, 2011 Republicans have their biggest statehouse majority in more than 80 years, and they're taking orders from a man who wants to take government and "drown it in the bathtub." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ecuador Recognizes an Independent Palestine

Staff / Truthdig Dec 27, 2010 Joining with a number of his Latin American neighbors, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has formally recognized “the Palestine state as free and independent within its borders ”. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Churchy State

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Nov 13, 2010 Dig deeper

California’s Top Court Rules in Favor of Furloughs

Staff / Truthdig Oct 4, 2010 That's Gov. Schwarzenegger: 1, and some 200,000 California state workers: SOL. On Monday, the Golden State's Supreme Court officially signaled its support for Schwarzenegger's mandate that some state employees take three days off, unpaid, per month. A real crowd-pleaser! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Clean Are Electric Cars? Depends on the State

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2010 With high-profile deals, expanding infrastructure and a growing list of models, the electric car is finally arriving, but, as they say, your mileage may vary. Charge that Tesla Roadster in Georgia, where they burn coal to power the grid, and you may as well be driving a Prius. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Wants $50 Billion For Teachers, Cops and Firefighters

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 With a relative drop in the bailout bucket, the president thinks he can save 300,000 teachers who would otherwise be kept by economic calamity from annoying America's children. The money would go to state and local governments struggling to make ends meet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Small Biz Lobby Suits Up Against Health Care

Staff / Truthdig May 15, 2010 A national small-business lobbying group has tossed in with 20 states in their legal challenge to the Obama administration's health care reform law. The mostly Republican push claims the health care overhaul violates states' rights guaranteed in the Constitution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The New Secessionists

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 26, 2010 The difference between the tea party and the secessionist movement bubbling up in some two dozen states is that the tea party believes America can be fixed. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘3, 6, 9, 12, Budgets Cuts Can Go to Hell’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 In retaliation against California's tuition hikes and education budget cuts, students from across the state kicked off a "Day of Action and Strike in Defense of Public Education" on Thursday with assemblies, walkouts and teach-ins. The action was part of a national protest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Half of States Have Run Out of Unemployment Funds

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 ProPublica reports that after paying out unemployment benefits to a record 20 million people, 25 states ran out of funds and now must borrow, tax and slash to keep the checks in the mail Find out how your state is doing with this handy tool. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )