The House of representatives this week barred the labor secretary from imposing new safety rules for children working on farms,...
Articles by Jim Abrams
A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may...
The Bush administration is proposing that workplace hazard standards be subject to more public and expert scrutiny before being adopted....
The U.S. Senate last week officially rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially...
People seeking genetic testing to learn if they are predisposed to serious diseases would not have to fear losing their...
Internal Revenue Service records, including taxpayer information, are vulnerable to tampering or disclosure because it has not yet fixed dozens...
Two House lawmakers from fire-struck California won approval this week for legislation to set up a national registry to track...
he House acted this week to reduce the working hours of railroad crews, with lawmakers saying employee fatigue is a...
A Democratic-controlled House would look into insurance industry practices criticized for shifting the financial burden of Hurricane Katrina claims onto...
The federal flood insurance program, still reeling from historic losses from Hurricane Katrina, may get a helping hand from Congress....