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The National Party made public its harsh welfare policies in August last year, resulting in a marked increase in calls to counseling service Lifeline by distressed welfare recipients when they won the November election. The policies were put on hold due.
Trial lawyers and a judicial think tank are suggesting major changes in the way courts hear civil suits, saying current rules allow attorneys to drag out disputes by demanding irrelevant and hard-to-find data.
As President Barack Obama convenes a health care summit at the White House, leaders of a Senate committee have announced plans to shape his goals into a bill and pass it before the end of July.
A government-appointed panel of experts has recommended Spain ease its restrictions on abortion and allow the procedure on demand up to 14 weeks.
A key Senate committee chairman said Tuesday he wants a comprehensive health care reform bill on the Senate floor by early summer.
The General Assembly opens a new chapter Thursday in the nearly 30-year effort to reform the U.N. Security Council, a quest which has been plagued by national and regional rivalries that show no sign of abating.
Nearly 100 men who spent time at two Florida reform schools a half century ago are suing the state claiming they were raped and severely beaten by state employees.
Tom Daschle’s decision to withdraw his nomination as health and human services secretary clouds hopes that President Barack Obama will make significant progress on health reform in his first 100 days in the White House.
India’s securities regulator enhanced disclosure rules Wednesday, the first sign of regulatory reform in the wake of a $1 billion fraud scandal at Satyam Computer Services Inc., one of India’s largest outsourcing companies.
