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Inspectors general say they want better access to federal documents and electronic databases.

Government Watchdogs Complain Of Closed Doors Set Up By White House

Inspectors general complain that they're being stiffed on the access they need to serve effectively. Four lawmakers are now demanding that the Obama administration comply with transparency requests.

"I'm doing something. You know people can complain about the government all you want, but you see very few people actually doing something," Ryan Shepard said of running for president.

This Guy Is Running For President, And So Are More Than 200 Others

Most of the official candidates for president so far are unknown to the typical voter. Turns out, it's not hard to do.

Attending a new charter school, Jann Peña has had to get used to wearing a uniform daily and being in class an hour and a half later each afternoon. Here, he watches classmates during a group project.

A Mother Hangs Her Hopes On A New High School

No school can succeed without the support of the families who send their children there.

A Denny's waitress delivers breakfast to customers in Emeryville, Calif. The tipped minimum wage has been stuck at $2.13 since 1991.

After 23 Years, Your Waiter Is Ready For A Raise

The tipped minimum wage has been stuck at $2.13 an hour since 1991. In states where servers make more than the federal minimum wage, restaurants haven't been hurting.

The administration won't try to restrict prescription-free access to this morning-after pill by age anymore.

Feds Drop Opposition To OTC Sales Of Morning-After Pill

The federal government says it will withdraw its appeal of a court order allowing girls of any age to buy emergency contraception.

Steve Heller has worked for Minnesota's John Henry Foster company for 15 years. He says likes the greater choice of health plans he now has because of the private exchange.

More Choices Of Health Plans At Work. What's The Catch?

An Obamacare tax that starts in 2018 may increase the number of employers establishing private health insurance exchanges. They'll give their workers cash to choose from a bigger variety of plans.

Jasmine Chestnut at her internship at the Center for American Progress. An at-risk student, Chestnut had almost given up on college when a nonprofit supported by the government's Social Innovation Fund helped her get back on track.

Can Federal Funds Help Social Service Groups Work Smarter?

When President Obama first took office in 2009, he had an idea called the Social Innovation Fund.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, points during an intense conversation with President Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz. She has since made light of the incident in trying to rally support for a Medicaid expansion in the state.

In Arizona, An Unlikely Ally For Medicaid Expansion

The Arizona Legislature is debating whether to extend Medicaid to about 300,000 people in the state. The expansion is a requirement to get federal funding under the Affordable Care Act.

Smoking can raise your insurance rates, but that doesn't mean you'll get coverage for help with quitting.

Costlier Insurance For Smokers May Not Come With Quitting Help

The federal health law allows new individual and small group insurance plans to charge smokers up to 50 percent higher premiums in 2014. Will the higher rates persuade smokers to give up the habit?

People walk on the Columbia University campus in New York City on July 1, the day the federal student loan interest rate hike kicked in.

Congress Still Squabbling Over Student Loan Rate Increase

The Senate is planning to vote Wednesday on a plan to bring interest rates on subsidized federal student loans back down to 3.4 percent for one more year. The rate doubled on July 1 when the chamber failed to agree on a plan.

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