Kevin Freking

July 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Republican lawmakers have overturned more than a dozen regulations issued under President Barack Obama. Now, they're looking to do the same to a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use a mediator to resolve a dispute.

By Kevin Freking

3 minute read

October 09, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP-Three men who say they have adequate health coverage and enough money to pay for their health care needs want to opt out of hospital coverage under Medicare. Federal rules say they cannot collect Social Security benefits if they do that.Their goal is to save taxpayer money by voluntarily forgoing Medicare.

By KEVIN FREKING

3 minute read

January 20, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The FBI is investigating the sex-and-money case involving Nevada Sen. John Ensign, who has acknowledged arranging for a payment of nearly $100,000 over an extramarital affair with a former campaign staffer and helping the woman's husband find employment as a lobbyist.A spokeswoman for Ensign, Rebecca Fisher, would not say Tuesday whether the Republican lawmaker talked with the FBI.

By KEVIN FREKING

2 minute read

March 18, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By KEVIN FREKING

3 minute read

June 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - A watchdog group says it will file a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking lawmakers to investigate the circumstances surrounding an affair that Sen. John Ensign had with a campaign aide.Ensign, R-Nev., acknowledged last week that he was involved in a sexual relationship from December 2007 through August 2008.

By KEVIN FREKING

3 minute read

December 03, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Should veterans deemed too mentally incompetent to handle their own financial affairs be prevented from buying a gun?

By Kevin Freking

4 minute read

May 12, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience.Some of them are going to court Monday as attorneys will attempt to show that the mercury-based preservative triggers symptoms of autism.

By KEVIN FREKING

4 minute read

December 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Two congressional committees are considering legislation this week that would let native Hawaiians establish their own government, much like those organized by hundreds of Indian tribes.The House Natural Resources Committee takes first crack at the bill Wednesday. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee takes up the legislation Thursday.

By KEVIN FREKING

3 minute read

November 20, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WASHINGTON AP - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, an early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security, Democratic officials said Thursday.These officials caution that no final decision has been made on the position, which involves directing the massive department created by the Congress in the wake of the Sept.

By KEVIN FREKING

4 minute read

November 02, 2005 | Law.com

Declaring that the number of vaccine producers has "plummeted" as "the industry has been flooded with lawsuits, President Bush said Tuesday that granting vaccine manufacturers protection from civil lawsuits would help fight a potential pandemic. Some officials have identified other reasons for the small number of vaccine producers -- and the trade association for trial lawyers called the president's proposal "a huge giveaway to drug companies that are making record-breaking profits."

By Kevin Freking

4 minute read