Sep 13 Effects of Obama, Romney Job Plans Look Very Different Across U.S. President Obama's nearly $450 billion jobs package is just beginning a long and potentially difficult journey through Congress, but examining the outlines of what he proposed and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's vision, it appears they are counting on… Continue reading
Sep 09 10 Years After 9/11, Who Feels Safer? Ten years later there can be little question that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have changed much in the United States -- everything from decisions on foreign policy to government spending priorities to airport security. And while those attacks… Continue reading
Sep 08 Foreclosure Sales Figures Show a Ray of Light in a Dismal Housing Market Foreclosed home for sale in Haymarket, Va.; Flickr Creative Commons/taberandrew President Obama will head to Congress Thursday night to talk about jobs and the economy -- the issues dominating the minds of American voters. But before the economy actually… Continue reading
Sep 02 Obama’s Donor Base for 2012: What We Know, What We Don’t President Obama shakes hands with people after speaking about immigration reform in May in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Pete Souza/White House President Obama's public approval numbers may be down, but he still has a large number of… Continue reading
Sep 01 Romney Country, Bachmann Land, Paul-topia: Where the GOP Field’s Money Comes From, What it Means GOP presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Ron Paul; file photo Saying you like a candidate is one level of support. Putting a sign in your yard is a bit more. But when your support turns into dollars, ah, there's… Continue reading
Aug 26 Environment vs. Economy in 2012 Smokestacks belch out smoke at a factory; file photo In every election there are a few issues that shape the look and feel of the campaign, and even in the earliest stages of the 2012 race, one issue has… Continue reading
Aug 22 Military Bastions Join Defense Officials, Lobbyists in Fighting Possible Cuts Reniah Krause, 2, clings to her father Sgt. Joseph Krause in June at Fort Carson, Colo., after he and fellow soldiers arrived back from Afghanistan; John Moore/Getty Images The debt-busting congressional super committee has yet to hold its… Continue reading
Aug 19 How Many Americans Have Money on the Line Amid All the Market Volatility? Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday in New York; photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images In an unstable time, the Dow Jones industrial average has become something of an economic zeitgeist checker. Continue reading
Aug 17 Campus and Careers Counties Brace for Potential Debt-Ceiling Deal Fallout University of Michigan School of Dentistry graduates take an oath to uphold high professional standards at a May graduation ceremony in Ann Arbor -- a Campus and Careers county type; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/umdent In the two… Continue reading
Aug 12 With the Wealthy Burbs Stalled, So Is the Economy The jobless rate in the nation's Monied Burb county types rose to 8.5 percent in June; Creative Commons photo courtesy flickr.com/shoa What's wrong with the U.S. economy? Ugliness abounds. The Dow is way down, then it is way up,… Continue reading