
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 ...

Consumer alert: new health care markets on the way
Buying your own health insurance will never be the same. This fall, new insurance markets called exchanges will open in each state, marking the ...

Immigration fallout from saying no to 'Obamacare'
Governors who reject health insurance for the poor under the federal health care overhaul could wind up in a politically awkward position on ...
Phil Mickelson regrets airing opinion on taxes
Phil Mickelson is talking more about how much he pays in taxes than how many fairways he hits off the tee. Mickelson, regarded as the "People's ...

40 years after Roe, states seek to limit abortions
Ever since a 40-year-old Supreme Court decision found that abortions are legal in some circumstances, state legislatures across the country have been ...

40 years after Roe v. Wade, abortion foes march on
Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights ...

Arizona to tax hospitals to pay for Medicaid
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has built a political career in standing up to the federal government over everything from immigration to health care. So she ...

Arizona gov. opts for federal Medicaid expansion
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she plans to push for an expansion of the state's Medicaid program under the federal health care law, a surprising ...

AP Interview: George P. Bush weighing run in Texas
George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and where ...
Texas Lt. Gov.: Fund weapons training for teachers
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called Friday for state-funded, specialized firearms training for teachers and administrators to guard against school ...
Embattled cancer agency's donor list revealed
Major pharmaceutical firms and individuals linked to companies that have benefited from a $3 billion cancer-fighting Texas agency under criminal ...
Texas judge OKs ban on Planned Parenthood funding
Texas can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood's family planning programs for poor women, a state judge ruled Monday, requiring thousands to find new ...

GOP governors walk balance beam on health law
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market.

US gun support runs far deeper than politics
Adam Lanza's mother was among the tens of millions of U.S. gun owners. She legally had a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle and a pair of handguns, which ...

Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns
In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don't give much thought to safety at the community's lone school — mostly because some of the ...
Texas cancer agency's nonprofit defends privacy
A foundation that boosts executive salaries at Texas' troubled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort defended to critical lawmakers Thursday a policy that ...
Texas governor asks cancer agency to halt grants
A $3 billion cancer-fighting effort that's already under criminal investigation received yet more humiliation Wednesday when Texas Gov. Rick Perry ...

2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut
Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys — one ...

Criminal probe adds to Texas cancer agency woes
Texas put up $3 billion in taxpayer money and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the ...
DA investigating Texas' troubled $3B cancer agency
Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation ...
Reeling Texas cancer agency OK'd faulty $11M award
Leaders of Texas' embattled $3 billion cancer-fighting effort approved an $11 million grant to a biomedical company even though the proposal wasn't ...
Report: Obama health law a good deal for states
States will receive more than $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care ...