Feb 01 Watch In the Weeds: Regulations Lag as Medical Marijuana Grows Medical marijuana is booming in Colorado. In Denver alone, there are more dispensaries legally selling the drug than there are Starbucks. But as medical marijuana use expands, regulation has struggled to keep pace. Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch News Wrap: Biden Visits Iraq to Quash Election Dispute In other news, Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad Friday hoping to ease tensions before the March elections, and Britain raised its terror threat level to "severe."… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch News Wrap: Senate’s Reform Bill Won’t Pass House, Warns Pelosi In other news, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned that the Senate health care bill is unlikely to succeed in the House unless significantly altered, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Internet companies to resist censorship worldwide. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch States Grapple with Tight Budgets, Growing Deficits As legislators return to work after the holidays, a troubling picture is emerging in almost every state in the nation. Budget woes and big deficits will mean tough decisions for lawmakers. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Same-Sex Marriage Battle Heads to Federal Court in Calif. California's ban on same-sex marriage went on trial Monday in federal court. The landmark case is being likened to a modern version of Brown v. Board of Education, in which the issue of civil rights became a legal matter. Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Billions in Pension Payments Loom for Struggling State Budgets In a weak economy, many states, cities and towns may be facing billions of dollars in pension liabilities that are currently underfunded. Spencer Michels reports from California on that state's pension challenge. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Dollar’s Weakness Inspires Modern-day Gold Rush As part of his series Making Sense of the financial crisis, Paul Solman looks at how the dollar's weakness has spurred a new gold rush. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch College Tuition Hike in California Sparks Protests Students in California got a firsthand lesson Thursday in the cost of their state's budget crisis, as University of California leaders approved a 32 percent tuition hike for undergraduates to make up for lost financing. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching