Gov. Scott Walker's administration filed a request with the federal government seeking a waiver that would allow Wisconsin to offer a $200 million reinsurance program designed to lower premiums and attract more providers to the private marketplace.

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Forget about bike-share stations in Chicago or pedestrian walkways in Oakland. That's so Obama.

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Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said Friday it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for as long as three decades.

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The White House is threatening to veto transportation legislation that would extend money for highway construction projects through the end of September because it would mandate construction of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that President Barack Obama earlier blocked.

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The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.

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Hope Yen AP Writer Washington — Five states — New York, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida — are perilously close to losing out on congressional seats because of lackluster participation in the U.S. census. The five were average or below ...

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Jay Lindsay AP Writer Boston — The Obama administration has approved what would be the nation’s first offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod, inching the U.S. closer to harvesting an untapped domestic energy source — the steady breezes blowing along ...

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By Bob Christie AP Writer Phoenix — The five states hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis have been given only weeks to plan how to spend $1.5 billion in federal money announced by the Obama administration last month. Guidelines issued ...

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A vacant home is surrounded by a chain link fence carrying a “bank owned” sign and ads from local tradespeople Tuesday in Los Angeles. The dismal results of the Obama administration’s mortgage aid program are raising doubts about whether the ...

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By Phil Hardwick Dolan Media Newswires Jackson, Miss. — A borrower can go into debt as far as a lender will allow him to go. It does not matter if the borrower has a bad credit rating or if the ...

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