Government

Stanford political scientist Andrew Hall found that contentious primaries that receive heavy media coverage and voter attention tend to produce nominees who do less well in the general election. But, if the primary has not generated much attention, then the primary winner is less affected — and sometimes even helped — in the general election. more »

Several tracking apps were marketed to individuals for the purpose of tracking or intercepting the communications of an intimate partner to determine if that partner was cheating. About one-third of the websites marketed their tracking apps as surreptitious, specifically to track the location and intercept the smartphone communications of children, employees, or intimate partners without their knowledge or consent. more »

A bill for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus; establish, expand, and support programs to train school staff to recognize and respond to signs of labor and sex trafficking; establishing a pilot program of developmental nurseries in federal prisons for children born to inmates; increase outreach for women- and minority-owned businesses under the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs more »

States have recovered at different paces. Adjusted for inflation, personal income in 21 states has grown faster than in the nation as a whole since the start of the recession. Only in mid-2015 did the final state — Nevada — recover its personal-income losses and return to its pre-recession level. more »