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While much of the attention paid to the Senate health bill has been about the public option or financing, there are many lesser-known provisions that would affect consumers, from breast-pumping at work to retiree health benefits.

With so many unanswered questions about the lingering effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, coastal communities are turning to independent scientists for answers. In Orange Beach, Ala., officials are having the air, water and soil tested to check for toxins from the BP spill.

What will it take to get a proposal to build a California high-speed rail system off the ground? We speak to KPBS Reporter Tom Fudge about the latest news on the high-speed rail plan.

The Senate begins debate Thursday on a bipartisan measure to deal with the housing slump. The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 includes tax credits, grants and expanded federal programs aimed at addressing problems facing families and communities dealing with foreclosures.

In the last 10 weeks, 33 daily newspapers in the U.S. have filed for bankruptcy. Large newspapers like the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer," the "Philadelphia Enquirer," and the "Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Local street gang members turn to pimping for big profits

The new vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza, commonly known as "swine flu," should soon become widely available across the country. Commentator Douglas Kamerow, a family physician and former assistant surgeon general, has a simple answer for the "immunize or not" question.

How many local families have been pushed into poverty as a result of the recession? We discuss the latest U.S. Census Bureau statistics on poverty in San Diego, and the measures that can be taken locally to reduce the rate of poverty.

The top lawyer at the Pentagon is leaving his job. William J. Haynes was also nominated by President Bush to be a federal appeals judge, but his appointment was never confirmed by the Senate. Opponents, including a group of retired military officers, said his policies led to the abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

Federal Communications Commission members are encouraging more diverse content on the airwaves, minority ownership of commercial broadcast outlets and requirements for locally oriented programming. But with the Internet and niche communications, are the first and the last of those three ideas outmoded concepts?