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With rent prices through the roof and the housing market scaring potential buyers away, more young adults in the US are choosing to live at home instead of venturing out on their own. According to data from the US Census Bureau, nearly half of young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 are not living on their own but with their parents. With rent prices through the roof and the housing market scaring potential buyers away, more young adults in the US are choosing to live at home instead of venturing out on their own. According to data from...

Labor leaders and the higher education community are closely watching to see if other politicians follow Walker’s lead.“I don’t think it’s an immediate threat elsewhere, but it’s still a big concern,” said Mark F. Smith, senior policy analyst at the National Education Association, which has slightly less than 200,000 higher education members.David Bergeron, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, said he expects more such fights in upcoming years.“I think that this is just part of the evolution of attacks on … public benefits and on public sector employees of all sorts,” Bergeron said.------------ As Republican Gov. Scott...

Judge halts cutoff of rental aid FEMA must give notice in advance By Susan Finch In a strongly worded ruling, a New Orleans federal judge this week ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to stop cutting off rental assistance to low-income Hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees without giving them advance written notice of reasons for the action or telling them they have a right a hearing on the matter. U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan issued the ruling in response to an April lawsuit brought on behalf of evacuees who still need the help after losing everything in the 2005 storm,...

It’s always shocking when the Left unmasks itself—it’s usually very brief but when it happens not only can’t you turn away, it’s actually important that you don’t. While it would seem impossible, the Left has found a new low, this time courtesy of both the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. On the same day, both newspapers published bizarre attacks on the most basic values of personal appearance and physical health of the president and those he supports. It’s the newest indication of how frustrated and frenzied the Left has grown in the face of an America that refuses...