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Feb 24 Poll: 1 in 5 Americans Believe Health Reform Was Repealed More than one in five Americans incorrectly believe that the health care reform law has been repealed, and another 26 percent aren't sure, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll released Thursday.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
Feb 23 What Would a Government Shutdown Look Like? "Shutdown" has been a buzzword in Washington this week, as tensions continue to rise in Congress over reaching a budgeting agreement for the rest of the fiscal year before the current one expires. With the deadline for reaching… Continue reading
Feb 23 Chicago Votes in Emanuel as Mayor Rahm Emanuel celebrates with supporters after winning the Chicago mayoral race. Photo by John Gress/Getty Images. From helping to run the country to running Chicago, Rahm Emanuel has had quite a year. The results best tell the story. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch Showdown Over Bargaining Rights, State Budgets Spreads Beyond Wisconsin Indiana lawmakers followed their Wisconsin counterparts' example by leaving the state to halt a bill that would curb the influence of labor unions. Gwen Ifill talks to reporters in New Jersey, Indiana and Ohio, where state budget deficits are going… Continue watching
Feb 22 Political Checklist: Wisconsin Standoff, Spending Showdown and Chicago In this week's edition of the Political Checklist, Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Gwen Ifill look at the political standoff in Wisconsin between newly-elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the state's public sector labor unions. Continue reading
Feb 22 Lack of Unity Dooms One Montana Tea Party, May Speak to Wider Problems Six weeks into the new Congress, the Tea Party caucus continues to be a vocal presence in Washington, calling for deeper program cuts to balance the federal budget including opposition to defense plans supported by the GOP… Continue reading