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of a ninety cent increase in the minimum wage. Though the House has passed similar legislation, it's unclear how soon President Clinton will have the opportunity to sign the measure into law. The wage increase may get bogged down in the fight over health care legislation.

in California's 22nd District, along the Central Coast. It's a rematch from two years ago between incumbent first term Republican Andrea Seastrand and Democrat Walter Capps, who lost by less than one percent of the vote last time.

John Burnett profiles the Reverend Rick Scarborough, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Pearland, Texas. Reverend Scarborough strongly encourages his parishioners to run for public office and apply the tenets of fundamentalist Christian morality to civic affairs.

with the >Miami Herald, about the financial crisis facing the city. Miami is near bankruptcy due to a declining tax base, fiscal mismanagement, and possible fraud. State officials are looking into the problem and Florida Governor Lawton Chiles is expected to appoint a control board soon to run Miami's affairs.

to pressure churches and social service agencies to stop feeding homeless people from their vans and cars, because they think it discourages folks from going to shelters. The food-givers say they'll continue to do what they deem to be God's work.

Newt Gingrich to a second term as Speaker of the House, when the new Congress convenes tomorrow. Several House Republicans have expressed hesitation about supporting Gingrich, but he is expected to have little or no trouble getting the number of votes he needs.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Faysal Itani of the Atlantic Council about the future of Syria and President Bashar Assad as the civil war there shows no sign of ending.

Attorney General William Barr has sent Congress a letter with special counsel Robert Mueller's key findings. There have been calls for him to share the full report, but Barr is not required to do so.

Kentucky businesses that allege the state’s unemployment compensation system is weighted against them may be surprised by the actual figures from 2011.…

By Associated PressFrankfort, KY – The auditor's office has found in a review that some state agencies didn't properly monitor how more than $100,000 in…