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As election looms, many voters fear the process is compromised

Only days before millions of Americans cast their ballots, a climate of suspicion hangs over Tuesday’s national elections. | 11/02/12 17:57:57 By - By Tony Pugh

Young voters feel less engaged this election year than in ‘08

The love affair between young voters and President Barack Obama that ignited his candidacy in 2008 and powered him to the White House seems like a distant memory in 2012. | 10/29/12 09:52:20 By - By Tony Pugh

States diverting housing settlement funds to fill budget holes

It was supposed to provide a measure of restitution on behalf of homeowners who lost equity in the market collapse or lost their homes in the “robo-signing” foreclosure scandal. | 10/18/12 00:00:00 By - By Tony Pugh

Obama, Romney offer different paths on Medicare, Social Security

They are two of the largest parts of the federal government. They’re growing. And they’re heading toward financial problems that will touch tens of millions of Americans unless something changes. | 10/08/12 15:49:58 By - By Tony Pugh

For the first time in decades, California House races are hot

Millions of dollars in campaign cash are pouring into California this year, but the ubiquitous television ads they’re funding aren’t for the presidential race; the hot ticket is the House of Representatives. | 10/05/12 18:05:03 By - By Curtis Tate

As Election Day looms, voter ID law critics seek out the unregistered

As legal challenges to voter identification laws slowly wind their way through the courts, opponents of the controversial measures aren’t just sitting around waiting for judicial relief. | 10/01/12 00:00:00 By - By Tony Pugh

Romney’s ‘47 percent’ – here’s who’s actually not paying federal taxes and why

Mitt Romney’s controversial claim that 47 percent of Americans “pay no income taxes” and are “dependent upon government” is an overstatement that put his presidential campaign on the defensive Tuesday as it scrambled to explain what he meant. | 09/19/12 15:06:58 By - By Tony Pugh

Incomes drop in 2011, rich and poor divide deepens

Household incomes declined for the second straight year in 2011, while the earnings gap between rich and poor logged the largest annual increase since income inequality was first measured two decades ago, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows. | 09/12/12 19:39:48 By - By Tony Pugh

Employer-based health insurance costs rise again

The cost of job-based family health insurance continues to tick upward in 2012, increasing faster than employee wages and overall inflation for the 13th straight year, according to a nationwide survey of businesses released Tuesday. | 09/11/12 20:09:45 By - By Tony Pugh

Hunger rose in 2011 as economy struggled, USDA finds

Record numbers of U.S. households struggled at times to feed their families last year, according to a report Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the state of hunger in America. | 09/05/12 18:50:54 By - By Tony Pugh

The unemployed wish campaign spotlight would stay on economy

Whether it’s Medicare, taxes, abortion rights, Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital or the latest gaffe du jour, the economy has taken a backseat to attack ads, name calling and narrow concerns. | 09/03/12 00:00:00 By - By Tony Pugh

Ryan budget would hurt poor and elderly, experts say

Republican vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan will leave sizable footprints on the 2012 presidential race. | 08/16/12 20:16:19 By - By Tony Pugh

Home health workers sweat Obama rule on pay

An uneasy sense of deja vu is building among advocates for nearly 2 million workers who help the elderly and disabled live independently in their homes. | 08/07/12 17:55:55 By - By Tony Pugh

Activists seek increase in federal minimum wage

In an election year dominated by socioeconomic themes, it seems logical that raising the federal minimum wage would become a heated campaign issue in the battle for the presidency. Stagnating wages and the increasing concentration of wealth among the nation’s highest earners have prompted calls to boost the purchasing power of American workers. At $7.25 an hour, a full-time federal minimum-wage earner makes about $15,080 a year, which is below the federal poverty level for a two-person family. | 07/23/12 16:08:02 By - By Tony Pugh

Fewer workers cross border, creating U.S. farm labor shortage

A crackdown on illegal immigration, more job opportunities in Mexico and rising fees charged by smugglers are reducing the number of workers who cross the U.S. border illegally each year to help make up more than 60 percent of U.S. farmworkers. The American Farm Bureau Federation projects $5 billion to $9 billion in annual produce-industry losses because of the labor shortages. | 07/02/12 18:18:18 By - By Tony Pugh

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