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Voters decide U.S. minimum wage landscape for 2015

Nov 5, 2014
Voters in four states voted to increase the minimum wage.

Taking a look at possible results of midterm elections

Oct 31, 2014
Why a maintaining of the status quo could mean more gridlock in Congress.

Tech pumps cash into D.C., but for what?

Sep 24, 2014
For years, tech companies ignored Washington. Not anymore.

Your sunscreen is way out of date

Sep 18, 2014
The FDA has banned certain chemicals that other countries find perfectly legal.

On that three-day congressional workweek

Sep 10, 2014
All of the business in Washington is a lot to tackle in three days.

What $500 million buys for the Syrian opposition

Sep 8, 2014
What does that money buy, and how do you know you're not equipping the wrong people?

Congress is back in town

Sep 8, 2014
What will and won’t be happening in Congress in advance of midterms.

For public good, not for profit.

What a House majority leader brings to banking

Sep 2, 2014
Eric Cantor will be paid more than $3 million a year by an investment bank.
Former House majority leader Eric Cantor has a new job with Wall Street providing "strategic counsel" to an investment bank's corporate and institutional clients.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Video game lobby answers 'call of duty' on the Hill

Jul 30, 2014
Lobbyists are using money, charm, and an army of gamers to influence legislation.
A strategy meeting at the Entertainment Software Association.
Nancy Marshall-Genzer

It's illegal to work in August...for Congress

Jul 22, 2014
According to law, Congress is not permitted to work during the month of August.