December 20, 2015 National Organization for Marriage sued by Maine over 2009 referendum Maine's ethics panel on Wednesday fined a national anti-gay marriage group more than $50,000 and ordered it to reveal the donors who backed its efforts to repeal the state's gay marriage law.
December 20, 2015 Red light cameras tough to turn off, despite growing opposition Red light cameras have generated millions in revenue for towns and cities across the country, but they’ve brought plenty of controversy, too. More than 500 municipalities are using red light cameras, which have proliferated, as have efforts to limit or ban them.
December 20, 2015 Nevada rancher Bundy switches from Republican to Independent American Party Bundy and his wife, Carol, signed registration forms to the cheers of supporters at an Independent American Party gathering in Las Vegas on Friday night.
December 20, 2015 Medicaid surge triggers cost concerns for states From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their Medicaid costs will rise as a result of the federal health care law. That's likely to revive the debate about how federal decisions can saddle states with unanticipated expenses.
December 20, 2015 Oil companies say new federal regulations on Southwest bird have halted drilling in Kansas Oil companies say a weeks-old Obama administration ruling that protects a Southwestern prairie bird has already halted oil-drilling operations in Kansas and is costing the U.S. economy tens of millions of dollars, as a GOP congressmen suggests the move is another job-killing attack on fossil fuel.
December 20, 2015 Tennessee brings back electric chair during lethal injection drug scarcity Tennessee has decided how it will respond to a nationwide scarcity of lethal injection drugs for death-row inmates: with the electric chair.
December 20, 2015 Feds release hemp seeds to Kentucky officials A nearly 300-pound shipment of hemp seeds detained by federal officials for two weeks has been delivered to Kentucky's Agriculture Department.
December 20, 2015 Virginia city official defends boosting worker’s pension by $400,000 Richmond’s top city official defended a decision to transfer one employee’s 800 hours of unused sick leave from her previous city job so she could receive $400,0000 more in pension compensation.
December 20, 2015 Wyo. lawmakers mull firing squad for executions Wyoming lawmakers are considering changing state law to permit execution of condemned inmates by firing squad.
December 20, 2015 La. plans new abortion restrictions modeled after controversial Texas rules With an 88-5 vote Wednesday, the House sent the bill by Rep. Katrina Jackson, a Democrat from Monroe, to the desk of Gov. Bobby Jindal, who intends to sign it into law.
