Amid GOP discord, Ryan focuses on policy
House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing an overhaul of the nation’s poverty programs, the first of several policy plans aimed at uniting Republicans fractured by a contentious election and Donald Trump’s personality-driven politics.
Computer upgrades ongoing as XP goes defunct
Oktibbeha County Chancery Court officials say they are halfway finished with an office-wide computer overhaul after Microsoft pulled the plug on future support for Windows XP Tuesday, the primary operating software for the old workstations.
Obama pitches mortgage overhaul as housing rallies
PHOENIX — Buoyed by an improving housing market, President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a broad overhaul of the nation’s mortgage finance system, including winding
IRS official apologizes for $4M conference
WASHINGTON — An Internal Revenue Service official whose division staged a lavish $4.1 million training conference and who starred as Mr. Spock in a “Star
Tax overhaul: IRS scandal could lead to changes
The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for rewriting and simplifying a federal tax code that has undergone some 5,000 changes in the past dozen years.
Money fears vs. real benefits in Medicaid choice
President Barack Obama thinks his health care law makes states an offer they can’t refuse.
Whether to expand Medicaid, the federal-state program for the poor and disabled, could be the most important decision facing governors and legislatures this year.
Q&A about Miss. plans in federal health overhaul
Q: How many people are uninsured in Mississippi and how many of those are projected to get insurance under the exchange? A: The state has
Court upholds health care
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul.