Iowa Opens Fiscal Year Questioning Past Budget

The state is beginning a new budget year with conflicting views about the fiscal year that just ended.

Federal probe finds problems with chelation study

A federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.

Is Chantix safe, and why Zyban, or bupropion, also received a black box warning

Popular smoking cessation drugs Chantix and Zyban received black box warnings from the FDA, the strongest of its kind.

Myers: Labor playing monkey games again

Lawyer Robert Myers said the process the Department of Labor is trying to set up and use in order for alien workers to collect on Labor administrative awards through bonds is improper.

Funkhouser Lawsuit Not Going Away

A Jackson County judge has refused to dismiss a workplace discrimination lawsuit by a former Kansas City mayoral aide.

U.S. Department Of Labor Announces $500 Million For 5 Grant...

During a visit to Memphis today, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced five grant competitions, totaling $500 million, to fund projects that prepare workers for green jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.

Obama officials gag EPA experts

Where are all the "green" media pundits who used to scream bloody murder about the George W. Bush administration censoring expert opinion on climate change, now that the Barack Obama administration has been accused of doing it? Most appear to be ignoring the controversy, or assuring the public: "Nothing to see here, folks, just move along," in the ...

EPA Extends Comment Period for Renewable Fuel Standard Program

The US Environmental Protection Agency is extending the comment period on its proposed rule revising the national Renewable Fuel Standard program, commonly referred to as RFS2, by 60 days.

EPA allows TVA to dump spilled coal ash in Ala.

The nation's largest utility can dump millions of tons of coal ash from a Tennessee spill into an Alabama landfill, federal regulators said Thursday, despite criticism that the plan is unfair to one of Alabama's poorest counties.

Grameenphone IPO finally gets SEC nod

DHAKA: Grameenphone, the countrya s largest mobile phone operator, on Thursday received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission for floating its initial public offerings.

SEC limits broker-dealer votes for directors

U.S. securities regulators narrowly adopted a rule on Wednesday that would bar broker-dealers from voting for corporate directors on behalf of their clients unless told to do so.

Pension adviser settles NY kickback probe for $2M

The Pacific Corporate Group, a company that helps big government pension funds decide how to invest their money, has agreed to pay $2 million to extract itself from a corruption investigation in New York.