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Despite looming public health crisis, lawmakers have yet to seriously address the problem.

On the Issa Committee stage, businesses accuse the Obama Administration of ignoring their complaints. The examples they cite suggest that such complaints are being heard loud and clear.

Pundits and policy-makers like to tout more education as the solution to stagnant incomes or widening inequality. But a closer look suggests that “the education answer” is incomplete.

One big roadblock: politicians who can't imagine constituents changing the way they commute.

What if, instead of persistently undercutting each other, states banded together in interstate agreements?

Peter G. Peterson's concerns about budget deficits now lie at the heart of a “fiscal responsibility” high school curriculum being developed by Teachers College thanks to Peterson Foundation funding.

Question thus far unprobed given focus on jobs impact.

Republican Study Committee proposal to prohibit government employees from fulfilling union responsibilities while on government time threatens body blow to to the ability of federal unions to represent more than a million workers.

Is there actually proof that regulation and job creation are invariably in tension?

Last week’s proposal from a group of Republicans in the House of Representatives to slash federal spending by more than $2 trillion over 10 years includes a proposal that could strip away federal funds for research on an array of energy-related projects, and potentially make it harder for new technologies to reach the marketplace.

We asked a range of conservatives what could be done to enable more two-parent families to maintain a middle class existence with greater work-life balance. Here's what they had to say.