Health law challenge threatens government shutdown
A conservative challenge to the president’s health care law has the federal government teetering on the brink of a partial shutdown.
The Senate has the next move on must-do legislation required to keep the government open past midnight today.
Health insurance marketplace set to open in Miss.
Beginning Tuesday, some Mississippians can sign up for new health insurance policies on the state’s federally-run health insurance marketplace.
Miss. premiums among highest in health exchange
Mississippi is one of the poorest and unhealthiest states in the nation, and its residents will face some of the highest premiums under a health insurance exchange, an online marketplace that will be run by the federal government.
Applying for health insurance? Look forward to lots of homework
WASHINGTON — Getting covered through President Barack Obama’s health care law might feel like a combination of doing your taxes and making a big purchase
GOP offers smaller budget cuts on debt measure
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are far less ambitious this week in their demands for spending cuts to erase new debt issued to pay the government’s
Government gets poor marks on protecting gun rights
WASHINGTON — A New Jersey college student wants Congress to stand strong against tougher gun laws. A Colorado software executive thinks the federal government goes
Emboldened House GOP presses fight on ‘Obamacare’
Emboldened conservatives who forced House Republican leaders to push a stopgap spending bill that unravels President Barack Obama’s health care law are digging in for a long fight, determined to stop “Obamacare” before the first individual signs up in less than two weeks.
Government says health spending to jump next year
WASHINGTON — The nation’s health care spending will jump by 6.1 percent next year as the big coverage expansion in President Barack Obama’s overhaul kicks
Patient’s bill soars as health law program falters
WASHINGTON — Coping with advanced cancer, Bev Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan
Report: Military cracked most online encryption
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency, working with the British government, has secretly been unraveling encryption technology that billions of Internet users rely upon to
Conservative group presses McConnell on health law
WASHINGTON — A conservative group is launching a radio ad challenging Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to oppose any money for President Barack Obama’s health
As capital looks to avert shutdown, default looms
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republican leaders and the Obama administration are trying to cut a deal that avoids a government shutdown in October while facing what
Syrian forces bomb area of alleged chemical attack
BEIRUT — President Bashar Assad’s forces pressed on with a military offensive in eastern Damascus on Thursday, bombing rebel-held suburbs where the opposition said a
Mexican teens: Van sold by U.S. gov’t had cocaine
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican family says that a van bought at a U.S. government auction came with an unwanted extra: an undiscovered package of
Wiseman to discuss optional forms of city government
Stennis Institute of Government Director Marty Wiseman confirmed he has been invited to discuss various Mississippi municipal government forms to a group of residents at 3:30 p.m. today at the Thad Cochran Research Park’s multi-tenant building.
Our view: Citizens arise! Your presence needed tonight
In our system of government, we sometimes are urged to remember that each citizen has a civic responsibility. We are also reminded that people generally get the kind of government they deserve.
Most often, these reminders are confined to the election season as we choose our leaders on the national, state and local level.
FDA allows OTC morning-after pill, lifts age limit
WASHINGTON — The morning-after pill is finally going over-the-counter. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of Plan B One-Step, lifting all
Insurers may skip health plans in much of Miss.
People in 36 of Mississippi’s 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says two insurers have announced offerings so far, planning to serve 46 counties.
Privacy — the online generation wants it
Amid the debate over government surveillance, there’s been an assumption: Young people don’t care about privacy.
Turns out, the generation that puts much of the “social” in social networking is much more complex when determining what personal information they want to share.
Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold
The Obama administration’s appeal in the legal fight over morning-after pills has been officially put on hold until a judge weighs a new plan to allow girls of all ages to buy the contraceptives without a prescription, according to a government letter filed Tuesday.