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California was awarded $51 million in federal economic stimulus funding today to make improvements to Amtrak's Surfliner route, which links San Diego and San Luis Obispo via Los Angeles.

Civil rights advocates have until the end of the week to decide if they will try and block the controversial Section 2B from taking effect.

Ending the year by weighing in again on a topic that caused it great grief back in the spring, the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday defined limits on the political activity of tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations.

A new investigative report from Reuters says payroll errors in the military are widespread. And that "once mistakes are detected, getting them corrected -- or just explained -- can test even the most persistent soldiers."

The Federal Reserve plans to keep short-term interest rates near zero until 2014, about 18 months longer than planned. Rates have already been low for several years, and there's much debate about the benefits and costs of the Fed's policies — including the message it sends that the economy's recovery is slower than expected.

The Treasury Department has proposed restrictions on debt collectors, required under the 2010 federal health law, to protect patients at nonprofit hospitals. A Supreme Court ruling that strikes down the entire law would scotch the new rules.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dipped 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, evidence that layoffs are low and hiring will likely remain steady.

Hundreds of volunteers fanned across San Diego County Friday to get an accurate count of the region’s homeless population.

A federal judge ruled it must surrender internal information on arrests by agents boarding buses and trains in New York.

We've written lots lately about the potentially addictive qualities of sugar and the public policy efforts to limit consumption.