Archive for January, 2011

When Kayla Holmstrom was just 9 years old, she was in a motorcycle accident. While her insurance plan covered her medical expenses, she contracted chronic osteomyelitis, a chronic bone infection. Since contracting the disease she has had over 25 surgeries on her leg and her infection could flare up at any time. Kayla is now studying to become a nurse at South Dakota State University and would have lost her coverage under her parent’s plan when she turned 24. But thanks to the Patient’s Bill of Rights that was a part of the Affordable Care Act, Kayla can stay on her parent’s health insurance plan until her 26th birthday. The Affordable Care Act will help millions …

For some people, it’s an open secret: First lady Michelle Obama turns to Chicago boutique owner Ikram Goldman as her “fashion guru.”

So says fashion journalist Kate Betts, who got the same response from the Rush Street retailer as any other scribe who’…

Ever since President Barack Obama’s controversial $787 billion stimulus package won its fiery passage nearly two years ago, architecture critics like me have had a field day citing its shortcomings. Far too little of the stimulus was devoted to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has a vision for Egypt’s transition to real democracy: President Hosni Mubarak ends the state of emergency that has underpinned three decades of iron rule and gives up any lasting ambitions on winning re-election….

Although Black History Month is a high point of her job, Barbara Cheives is not a big fan of this or any other special designation that sets one group apart from the mainstream.

“It dilutes it,” said Cheives, a multicultural consultant in Palm Beach…

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is asking President Barack Obama to intervene with federal regulators he says have rebuffed compromises with the struggling fishing industry.

In a letter released Monday, Patrick says the Commerce…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has a vision for Egypt’s transition to real democracy: President Hosni Mubarak ends the state of emergency that has underpinned three decades of iron rule and gives up any lasting ambitions on winning re-election….

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge declared the Obama administration’s health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance.

Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson…