President Barack Obama will announce a variety of new initiatives Tuesday night in his seventh State of the Union speech. But how successful will he
It’s the peak of springtime and that ringing sound you hear is the peal of wedding bells – and the cha-ching of revenue echoing in
The announcement Monday that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has laid out a five-year plan to drastically shrink miliitary spending likely has a lot of businesses,
This free workshop was originally held on Jan. 23, 2014, in Lexington, Ky., preceding the Kentucky Press Association’s Winter Convention. You can access all the
The new year always brings that fresh-start urge, with lots of people resolving to snuff out cigarettes, jettison junk food and … dump the spouse?
The intersection of government and business is one of the most important and target-rich coverage areas available. Yet most news organizations don’t have it. I
Ms. Yellen will face hostile questioning from Republican senators who oppose the Fed’s policy of quantitative easing. (Financial Times, Nov. 13) Many analysts had predicted
Louise Story of the New York Times accomplished a major feat last year: She created an interactive state-by-state database calculating business incentives governments use to
With the target date for implementation of health care marketplaces for individuals looming Oct. 1 – the keystone of the Affordable Care Act –it’ll likely
Supreme Court deliberations can seem opaque and perplexing to reporters who haven’t had constitutional history classes, or spent time covering courts. But a basic understanding
You may already have seen the intriguing NPR report on Social Security disability claims, “Unfit for Work: The startling rise of disability claims in America.”
What is a nonprofit entity and what is a campaign committee? That question is now being put to the Federal Election Commission by Democrats who
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