• This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech

    Sep 26, 2017 04:40 PM EDT

    ... their opinions, to protest, to criticize in any number of ways. I guess it’s up to the owners and the people who create these games and pay for the ball fields to decide what you can do on a ball field. But the freedom of every individual player is ...

  • Utility board elections face surge of attention as electricity rates rise

    Utility board elections face surge of attention as electricity rates rise

    Apr 06, 2026 05:48 PM EDT

    ... will be initially appointed by the governor. In addition, utilities will be forbidden from raising retail base rates until 2029. Republican legislative leaders said the bill was a significant step forward for consumer protection. “The Alabama Legislature passed HB475 to put a freeze on electric rates and to give the ...

  • Examining Biden's 5-part plan to tackle rising violent crime rates

    Examining Biden's 5-part plan to tackle rising violent crime rates

    Jun 23, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    Some of the initiatives in the plan include giving money to cities to hire more law enforcement officials including past pre-pandemic levels, buy new equipment and technology for police departments, help formerly incarcerated individuals reenter society, use resources to hold gun dealers accountable, and invest in community violence intervention ...

  • Senate health bill puts many moms and babies at risk, says March of Dimes president

    Senate health bill puts many moms and babies at risk, says March of Dimes president

    Jul 03, 2017 11:16 PM EDT

    ... of Dimes, as you mentioned, what we care about is the health of pregnant women and their babies. And our main concern with the Senate bill, as it's proposed, is that it would put at risk the health of many of those women and their babies. Medicaid today covers ...

  • How the big biomedical bill advances U.S. mental health care

    How the big biomedical bill advances U.S. mental health care

    Dec 14, 2016 12:40 AM EDT

    ... HARI SREENIVASAN: Most of the attention around the big biomedical bill signed by President Obama today has focused on faster drug approval and new money for research, but it's a huge piece of legislation. And one key part that's received less attention is the attempt to improve ...

  • How long will the Fed have to 'fiddle' with interest rates?

    How long will the Fed have to 'fiddle' with interest rates?

    Mar 11, 2016 12:47 AM EDT

    ... Fed, America's Central Bank, has kept interest rates rock-bottom low, by buying up Treasury bonds, mortgage bonds, all sorts of IOUs. The low rates were meant to induce spending and investment. MAN: Mortgage rates are among the lowest they have been in generations. PAUL SOLMAN: And, yes, economic ...

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    Keynes' Economic Theories Re-emerge in Government Intervention Policies

    Feb 23, 2009 10:20 PM EDT

    Keynes was an influential policy analyst and economist who lived from 1883 to 1946. His seminal work, "The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money," became a founding force behind modern macroeconomics after it was published in 1936. Keynes supported government intervention during times of economic turmoil. Among the theories ...

  • More federal agents will join fight against crime in Memphis next week, Tennessee governor says

    More federal agents will join fight against crime in Memphis next week, Tennessee governor says

    Sep 26, 2025 06:43 PM EDT

    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday that the troops will be part of a surge of resources to fight crime in the city that includes 13 federal agencies and state troopers. The National Guard troops will be from Tennessee, and they will be deputized by the U.S. Marshals Service to support local law enforcement.

  • Amid measles outbreak, Texas lawmakers vote to make school vaccine exemptions easier

    Amid measles outbreak, Texas lawmakers vote to make school vaccine exemptions easier

    May 27, 2025 06:24 PM EDT

    Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

  • Jobs report exceeds expectations but unemployment rise signals cooling labor market

    Jobs report exceeds expectations but unemployment rise signals cooling labor market

    Jul 05, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    The U.S. Economy added more jobs than expected last month, the 42nd consecutive month of job growth. But unemployment inched up to 4.1 percent and there were other signs of a cooling labor market. For a deeper look at what this means for the economy, Amna Nawaz spoke with Roben Farzad of Full Disclosure.