December 20, 2015 Florida challenged for cracking down on craft breweries’ growlers In Florida, if you want to buy beer 64-ounce in a reusable container known by beer connoisseurs as a “growler,” you would be breaking the state law.
December 20, 2015 Longshoremen's union accused of sabotaging west coast ports Business groups are accusing the longshoremen’s union of causing a log jam at two Washington state ports over a contract dispute.
December 20, 2015 Six-figure state pensions on the rise in Florida Guaranteed pensions — all but extinct in the private sector — are alive and well for Florida government workers.
December 20, 2015 Proposed internet sales tax ‘single biggest anti-taxpayer act in this Congress’ The Marketplace Fairness Act, an Internet sales tax proposal that Congress is expected to push by the end of the year, is the “single-biggest anti-taxpayer act in this Congress,” National Taxpayers Union president Pete Sepp said in a phone conference Thursday.
December 20, 2015 Texas Governor Rick Perry in court for pretrial hearing Indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry has made his first court appearance on felony abuse of power charges, sitting largely stoically through heated arguments from lawyers.
December 20, 2015 Judge rules Missouri ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison issued the ruling Wednesday.
December 20, 2015 License, ID card policies stir concerns over illegal immigrants voting As more states begin providing illegal immigrants and their children with driver's licenses and ID cards, officials are concerned some also are registering to vote -- some by mistake, and others on purpose.
December 20, 2015 Teachers union boss loses 40,000 members, gets a raise National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel received a huge pay raise this year while the teachers union lost more than 40,000 members.
December 20, 2015 Liberty wins in Massachusetts ‘nanny state’ tobacco battle Smokers and nonsmokers alike in Westminster, Mass., came together to push back a move by the town’s Board of Health to ban the sale of all tobacco and nicotine products within the city limits.
