December 20, 2015 Complaint: Harry Reid meddled in casino visa-investor cases Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is the target of an ethics and conflict-of-interest complaint over his involvement in a visa-investor venture. The complaint, filed by the activist group Cause of Action, asserts that the Nevada U.S. senator intervened with top immigration officials to benefit EB-5 visa seekers. The applicants were law clients of Reid’s son.
December 20, 2015 Colorado proposal would require pre-marriage education classes A California group has proposed a ballot initiative in Colorado that would require couples who want to get married to take mandatory pre-marriage education classes.
December 20, 2015 Kentucky bill would let service monkeys help paralyzed people Kentucky legislators may soon debate whether to allow service monkeys to assist paralyzed adults with simple household tasks.
December 20, 2015 ‘Parallel universe’: Woman spends 6 weeks trying to disenroll from ObamaCare Think it's hard to enroll in ObamaCare? Try getting out of it.
December 20, 2015 New Hampshire pot vote could nudge Vermont to loosen rules on marijuana The New Hampshire House of Representatives made history last week when it became the first state Legislature to vote in favor of a bill to legalize the sale and possession of recreational marijuana.
December 20, 2015 Maryland's ObamaCare website sent customers to Seattle pottery store The Maryland website for ObamaCare mistakenly listed an 800 number that sent some Marylanders attempting to pick a health insurance provider to Seattle Pottery Supply, instead of the state's call center.
December 20, 2015 Helping the NSA could become a crime in Washington state Providing water and electricity to the National Security Agency in Washington state could soon mean a year of jail time.
December 20, 2015 Kentucky house passes bill restoring some felons' voting rights A bill seeking to amend Kentucky's Constitution to restore voting rights for some felons sailed through the state House on Thursday. Unlike past years, the proposed ballot issue is showing signs of life in the Senate.
December 20, 2015 20 subpoenas being issued in NJ bridge scandal probe The newly formed New Jersey Assembly Select Committee On Investigations says it is issuing 20 subpoenas as part of the growing probe of the George Washington bridge scandal.
December 20, 2015 Gay couples in Utah can jointly file state taxes Utah state officials say newly married gay and lesbian couples can jointly file their taxes for 2013.