GOP vows to reverse Obama policy on access to birth control

The health-care law taking effect this year requires most private insurers to pay for birth control. Religious groups have been given an extra year to comply.

Santorum eyes revival in Republican contests

LOVELAND, Colo. (Reuters) - Republican candidate Rick Santorum is gunning for a victory in at least one of the three states holding presidential nominating contests on Tuesday in a bid to slow front-runner Mitt Romney and revive his fading White House hopes. The former senator from Pennsylvania narrowly won Iowa's caucuses on January 3 but his drive to become the main conservative alternative to ...

School Choice Advocates Pitch Tax Credit Scholarship Program

Many proposals encouraging educational choice are pending in Concord this year. One with strong backing would use tax credits to encourage businesses to pay for school scholarships. Critics say this would starve public schools of much needed funding, but supporters say this is a way to give students more options while avoiding constitutional concerns that have doomed past proposals for school ...

White House: 'Absolutely firm,' but willing to talk, on birth control

The White House insisted Wednesday that the president's commitment to contraceptive access for women is "absolutely firm," even as Republicans from Capitol Hill to the presidential campaign trail assailed the… Click to Continue »

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• City Council meets today (Thursday, Jan. 9), with more roiling discussion of Austin Ener gy 's proposed rate changes (public hearing at 6pm, and another one likely for March 1), as well as a morning briefing on the status of the proposed ban on single-use plastic bags.