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San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders took a bold step toward restoring Wall Street's confidence in the city's financial credibility. However the move will not come cheap. KPBS reporter Alison St John has mor

Opponents of a ballot measure that would raise tobacco taxes by $2.60 a pack have launched their first TV ads. One of the spots claims the initiative would allow hospitals to restrict services to pati

The U.S. government issues its highest terrorism alert ever for commercial flights from Britain to the United States early Thursday after a terror plot was disrupted in London, with a specific concern for tourist-filled flights to major U.S. cities.

This week the Senate is debating whether to pass a bill that would both raise the minimum wage for the first time in almost a decade, and permanently cut the estate tax. It's a compromise that would give both Democrats and Republicans something each side wants. The House has already passed the bill. Don Gonyea talks to David Wessel of The Wall Street Journal.

Part of the funds distributed by a Utah foundation established by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and his family is used to pay the rent for students living in Leavitt-owned apartments. The foundation is under fire for giving away little money -- but securing substantial tax advantages for Leavitt's family.

The Senate has approved a measure that would prohibit taking a minor across state lines to have an abortion without informing her parents. The 65-34 vote is the first time the Senate has approved such a bill -- many states already have laws covering such cases.

The Senate debates the first major abortion bill of this Congress. The measure would make it a crime to take a minor to another state in order to avoid parental notification for an abortion.

President Bush speaks at the NAACP's 97th annual convention in Washington, D.C. It's his first visit to the gathering since becoming president. Democratic Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama have already addressed the gathering of about 4,000 people.

San Diego city attorney Mike Aguirre released audio tapes Monday of key city pension board meetings in 1996 and 2002 . He hopes to use the evidence in a court appearance next week, to argue that city

The paths of retired Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and disgraced lobbyist Jack Ambramoff intersect not just in Washington, D.C., but in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of 17 small islands in the North Pacific.