Columns

Jeff Ma is a casino owner's worst nightmare.

While one school district in Milwaukee struggles with a financial crisis and hundreds of teacher layoffs, the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association is taking an interesting stand.

We've been reporting on the outrage over the public salaries in Bell, California, but it's not just California that we need to worry about.

The new health-care law promised lower costs, better access, and the ability to keep your regular plan if you wanted.

Uncertainty in stocks has investors moving large amounts of cash over to the bond market.

In the midst of a $19 billion budget deficit the state of California is struggling to make its payments and that may mean IOUs for state workers for the second year in a row.

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against New Jersey last week, accusing the state of misrepresenting its financial obligations.

Talk about job security... the Bergen County Record reported that only two New Jersey teachers have been laid off for poor performance in the past two years.

Just how bad is the jobs picture?

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is asking all states to publicize teacher records regarding student performance in hopes the information can better teach young America.

Midterm elections are right around the corner and the fight on both sides of the aisle is getting ugly.

We plant our flag every day in California on Varney & Co., and today we did it with something unexpected… news of an alleged serial killer’s capture.

The Republicans have come up with a four-point plan to fix the economy; 1) Fire the President’s economic team, 2) Keep the Bush tax cuts, 3) Cut spending, and 4) Repeal health-care reform.

Existing home sales and new home sales fell to a record low in July.

As President Obama’s new health-care plan is rolled out, America’s mood on health care is changing.

Midterm elections are just over two months away and the electoral view is that the Republicans have a chance to take over.

Lonnie David Franklin Jr., the accused murderer in the now-infamous "grim sleeper" serial killings, has collected over $300,000 from the California state pension system.

The '90s was a "lost" decade for Japan.

So far this year we have seen massive legislation passed to reform health care and finance, leading some to question whether this will be good for Americans.

President Obama urged Republicans to stop blocking a $30 billion spending package designed to help small businesses obtain loans through community banks.