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ObamaCare impasse sets stage for January health care battle

Only a holiday miracle can prevent ObamaCare subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1, setting up a major health care fight next month when lawmakers turn their attention to a 2026 spending bill and another potential shutdown fight. After dueling partisan bills failed in the Senate on Thursday, attention now turns to the House, where Republican

State board sides with firefighters union in unfair labor practices complaint

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - The State Employment Relations Board (SERB) in Ohio has ruled in favor of Youngstown Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 312 in an unfair labor practice charge against the City of Youngstown. The union filed an unfair labor practice charge against the city on Oct. 23, 2024, and SERB's opinion was handed down

Supreme Court confronts gun rights pileup

An unusually large pileup of Second Amendment challenges has landed at the Supreme Court, which will consider taking up the cases behind closed doors Friday. It would add to what is already a major term for gun rights. The justices previously agreed to hear two cases early next year that involve whether unlawful drug users