Feb 9th, 2010 · The stimulus package includes $7.2 billion to extend broadband Internet access to parts of the country where it's not widely available. The government has given out just a fraction of that money so far — and some applicants for the funding say major telecom companies are trying to get in the way.
Feb 8th, 2010 · Some companies have no traditional office at all — and they like it that way. At one multimillion-dollar company, all 40 employees telecommute. The firm weeds out job applicants who look down on working from home.
Jan 22nd, 2010 · Some lawmakers are considering a scaled-back health bill in place of the comprehensive legislation now stalled in Congress. But there's debate about whether popular insurance reforms, such as requiring insurers to accept applicants with health problems, can be successful without an unpopular individual insurance mandate.
Jan 6th, 2010 · In 2008, thousands of Iraqis began applying for visas to the U.S. under a special State Department program. Now, some applicants are having second thoughts, fearful about economic prospects and other challenges of living in a foreign land.
Dec 18th, 2009 · The Obama administration may be trying to mount a case against digital finger-imaging of federal food assistance applicants, a practice four states are implementing in order to combat fraud. Anti-hunger workers say it discriminates against the country's poor.
Dec 13th, 2009 · Two researchers are urging states that have approved same-sex marriage to offer marriage licenses online. The marriages are currently legal in only four states, and the move could ease a bottleneck for out-of-state applicants. But critics say those states deserve the revenue from actual — not virtual — wedding trips.
Oct 20th, 2009 · Richard Herman resigned Tuesday following months of pressure over special attention the school paid to politically connected applicants at its Urbana-Champaign campus and news that some were admitted over more qualified students.
Sep 23rd, 2009 · University of Illinois President B. Joseph White resigned Wednesday in the wake of an admissions scandal in which officials acknowledged they admitted some students with political clout over other, more qualified applicants. White, who has served as university president since 2005, said he will step down at the end of the year.