County expects to lose some federal funds (Park Rapids Enterprise)
Without passage of a moratorium on new federal rules for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Hubbard County social services will lose access to child welfare targeted case management funds beginning March 1.

Costly campaign vows face reality check (Boston Globe)
Barack Obama promises $4,000 credits to help pay college tuition. Hillary Rodham Clinton backs $25 billion for home heating subsidies. And John McCain wants to not only extend President Bush's tax cuts, but eliminate the alternative minimum tax at a cost of about $2 trillion over 10 years.