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Next month, voters in some New Jersey towns will decide whether to raise their own property taxes beyond a state-mandated two percent cap or to continue to cut services. But are those really the only two choices?

Proposals to address the U.S. physician shortage by relying on foreign doctors meet with concerns, both practical and ethical.

It’s a lamentably old sport, says the agency’s two-time leader, who occasionally dares to dream about a more constructive relationship between Congress and federal rule-makers.

With little action being taken to deal with an increasing shortage of physicians, some say that expanding the scope-of-practice of advanced practice nurses can help fill the gap.

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.

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

[From 2011] 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.

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.