(Via USA Today) – WASHINGTON — A Democratic bill to raise the federal minimum wage failed in a vote in the Senate Wednesday. The defeat was expected, but President Obama and Senate Democrats who have pledged to make it an issue in the 2014 elections. After the vote, President Obama lashed out against Republican lawmakers […]

There is a new $100 bill in town. The bill was supposed to be in banks in 2011. The new bill has several features designed making it more difficult for counterfeiters to replicate. Feature include a blue, 3-D security ribbon, as well as color-shifting ink that changes from copper to green when the note is tilted. That […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Maryland senators are scheduled to hear testimony on a bill that would require hospitals and abortion providers to report the number of pregnancies they terminate. The bill, which will be considered Wednesday, would require the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to collect demographic information including the age, race and marital status […]