Feb 25 Watch Govs. Daniels, Schweitzer on Looming Federal Government Shutdown Governors across the U.S. are struggling to balance budgets and slash spending in a tough economic climate. Judy Woodruff talks to Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Democratic Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer about the collective-bargaining battle and what impacts a… Continue watching
Feb 25 A Judicial Win for Health Reform, the Governors Come to Town It was one more mark in the judicial "win" column for supporters of the health care reform law this week, as a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled that the law's individual mandate is constitutional. For those keeping score, that's… Continue reading
Feb 25 Close To The Edge: Tales from Tripoli, Madison and Washington When I was just a young thing, I loved a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five called "The Message." "Don't push me, 'cuz I'm close to the edge," the refrain went. "I'm trying not to lose my head."… Continue reading
Feb 25 With Public-Sector Unions in Spotlight, How Does Voting Public View Them? Firefighters at Feb. 19 rally in Madison, Wis.; Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy CindyH Photography What started in Wisconsin as a budget fight about the wages and bargaining power of public-sector unions has grown into a national fight… Continue reading
Feb 25 The Governors Come to Washington President Obama waves to guests as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House earlier this week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Most of the nation's governors will travel to Washington this weekend for their annual… Continue reading
Feb 24 Paying For Public Pensions By Elizabeth Shell Editor's Note: As the fire over collective bargaining and public worker benefits burns across the country, on Thursday's broadcast we're looking at perhaps the issue behind it all: public pensions and how to pay for them. Our story takes place… Continue reading
Feb 24 Poll: 1 in 5 Americans Believe Health Reform Was Repealed More than one in five Americans incorrectly believe that the health care reform law has been repealed, and another 26 percent aren't sure, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll released Thursday. The NewsHour talked… Continue reading
Feb 24 Examining Fundamental Disagreements Over Public Employees' Rights Crowd inside Wisconsin Capitol on Feb. 17; Flickr Creative Commons photo courtesy Peter Patau The standoff in Wisconsin between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and a combination of state workers and Democratic state lawmakers over cutting the rights of… Continue reading
Feb 24 Obama's Evolution on Gay Marriage President Obama celebrates signing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 in December. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The news out of President Obama's Justice Department that the administration will no longer defend the Defense of… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch In Policy Shift, President Orders Halt to Legal Defense of Marriage Law President Obama ordered the Justice Department to stop defending a 1996 federal law defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. Gwen Ifill talks with Charlie Savage of The New York Times about the implications of the president's… Continue watching