December 20, 2015 Governor-elect’s proposal for sick days upsets some businesses Pennsylvania governor-elect Tom Wolf won’t take office for another two months, but one part of his Fresh Start policy plan already has business types feeling queasy.
December 20, 2015 DC police don’t know how long it’ll take to approve concealed carry applications It has been exactly one month since the city of Washington, D.C., began accepting applications for its new concealed carry permit, and the city does not know how long it will take to process those requests.
December 20, 2015 Ohio 'heartbeat' abortion bill gets panel's OK A bill that would impose some of the nation's most stringent abortion restrictions cleared an Ohio House committee Thursday after suddenly re-surfacing in the lame duck session.
December 20, 2015 Rural Nebraskans hit with big ObamaCare rate hikes Allan Douglas has been selling insurance since the 1980s, and as the owner of an independent insurance agency in Omaha he had a front row view of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.
December 20, 2015 Ohio House votes to ban powdered alcohol The Ohio House has passed a measure that would ban crystalline, or powdered alcohol, in the state.
December 20, 2015 Film subsidies trap Maryland taxpayers in ‘House of Cards’ Maryland politicians cast their film incentives program as the only way to lure productions like ‘House of Cards’ and boost the state’s economy.
December 20, 2015 States hurry to fix healthcare exchange websites in new enrollment period Several states whose health exchange websites failed their first test during last year's inaugural ObamaCare open enrollment period have adopted different approaches for the second round, which began Saturday.
December 20, 2015 Marijuana meddle: UN official rips US states over legal pot policies A Russian diplomat who heads the United Nations’ drug policy office reportedly chided U.S. states for legalizing recreational marijuana and vowed to take up his concerns with officials in Washington -- in the latest incident of a U.N. official meddling in local U.S. affairs.
December 20, 2015 California city votes to end Sriracha hot sauce dispute The fiery fight is apparently over between the makers of a popular hot sauce and a small Southern California city that said its factory's smells were unbearable.
December 20, 2015 Chicago mayor pushes plan requiring all gun sales to be videotaped Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced a proposal Wednesday that would require all gun sales in the city to be videotaped, as part of a plan to allow gun stores back in Chicago under very tight restrictions.
