December 20, 2015 De Blasio to resurrect attempt at NYC big soda ban Hide your Big Gulps, again, New York.
December 20, 2015 Schools ask Congress, Agriculture Department to roll back some healthy lunch rules Some schools say the changes have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the requirements.
December 20, 2015 Teen pregnancies cost Florida taxpayers $443 million, study says Anyone who’s seen even a glimpse of the MTV reality show 16 and Pregnant knows that teen pregnancy is often traumatic and fraught with pain and uncertainty.
December 20, 2015 Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation Vice President Joe Biden extoled immigration as crucial to American innovation Saturday at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida. The Miami Dade College graduates and their families, 2,000 strong, cheered as a procession of two dozen flags from their home countries, entered the gym and opened the program. Biden acknowledged that he was addressing many immigrants and the children and grandchildren of immigrants, many from South America and the Caribbean.
December 20, 2015 The next NSA? Police departments under scrutiny for phone, license plate surveillance Local police departments are coming under scrutiny for not only for using spying technology, but for hiding their use from the public.
December 20, 2015 New Tenn. law will criminalize moms for using drugs while pregnant Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed the legislation that would allow women to be charged with assault if they abuse narcotics while pregnant and give birth to a child who is dependent on drugs or harmed as a result.
December 20, 2015 Judge rules again that Arkansas voter ID law unconstitutional The law, which took effect Jan. 1, was used in some local elections earlier this year, but it will be used statewide for the first time during this month's primary.
December 20, 2015 Clayton Lockett execution: Oklahoma prison chief calls for greater review The head of Oklahoma's Department of Corrections told Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday that he needs more oversight of execution procedures and said it took officials 51 minutes to find a suitable vein before the botched execution earlier this week.
December 20, 2015 Maryland lawmakers launch drive to overturn transgender 'bathroom bill' Two Maryland lawmakers are trying to repeal a recently passed transgender rights bill which they claim would allow men to walk freely into ladies' restrooms.
December 20, 2015 California lawmakers pushing to get baby-changing tables in men's restrooms California lawmakers, in a bid to let dads play a bigger parenting role in public, are pushing for baby-changing tables to be installed in men's restrooms. They say the changes reflect shifting family dynamics, though the plan was criticized as yet another costly regulation on businesses.
