Controversy over the additional scrutiny the IRS paid to conservative organizations has raised attention about the regulations governing tax-exemption criteria. Jeffrey Brown explores who qualifies and how that status is determined with Richard ...

Apple's tax dodge again tossed the ugly glare on the long, and cozy, but toxic corporate welfare feed at the government trough. Six years ago, the libertarian Cato Institute, documented nearly $100 billion in direct and indirect subsidies that the ...and more »

AUSTIN — A North Texan's plan to require drug tests for Texans on welfare was talked to death by Democrats this week, creating a near-meltdown in the House as dozens of bills died in its wake. Tarrant County members were front and center in the drama ...

Hours after a barrage of Democratic delaying tactics scuttled a drug-testing program for welfare recipients, Texas House Republicans grabbed a consolation prize Wednesday, approving a similar program for some Texans who apply for unemployment ...

Under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld, Sweden has started to move away from the traditional strong social welfare state. Reinfeld came to power in 2006, ending the long-standing rule of social democrats and vowing to fix the welfare system. He has ...

But in practice, the pro-amnesty Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee completely failed to force any welfare reform into the Schumer-Rubio bill that Norquist and his K-Street allies are pushing. Below are just three of the welfare sate ...and more »

In Italy, the youth jobless rate is nudging 40 percent, a record high in post-war history. Demographer Stefano Rosina says the Italian welfare system has always been skewed toward the middle-aged and elderly, leaving Italian youths with no political or ...

Richmond Police are telling us about a disturbing discovery in the Oak Grove neighborhood. A welfare check turned up an animal covered in it's own waste. Animal control says this happens more than you might think. They are issuing a call for people to ...

"Animal welfare was a foreign term," Peter Li, who works in China for Humane Society International (HSI), told MSN News in an e-mail. "It is now a well-known concept in China." In February, China Daily reported that the China Association of Traditional ...

HARRISBURG — Two Republican senators on Wednesday asked the director of Pennsylvania's welfare agency to make sure people receiving public assistance aren't on the federal terrorist watchlist, citing the case of two suspected Boston Marathon ...and more »