Issues - Page 37

January 31, 2018

California considers creating special bank for marijuana businesses

California's emerging pot industry is expected to bring in billions of dollars to the Golden State, but as of now there's no place to actually put the money.

January 29, 2018

Kentucky becomes 1st state in nation to require Medicaid recipients to work

Shortly after the waiver was announced that allows the state of Kentucky to implement a work requirement for Medicaid benefits, House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi said: “The elderly, disabled, pregnant women will suffer from today’s draconian decree.”

December 7, 2017

St. Louis earns ‘Judicial Hellhole’ label over $300M in personal-injury verdicts since 2015

The city of St. Louis – known for its Gateway Arch, the Lewis & Clark expeditions and riverboats along the Mississippi – has become a “judicial hellhole” whose antiquated rules have made it a favorite of personal-injury lawyers shopping for big-money verdicts, according to one legal group.

November 22, 2017

Sessions orders review of federal background check system for gun buyers

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday ordered a far-ranging review of the FBI database used to check the backgrounds of prospective gun buyers, after the Air Force failed to report the criminal history of the gunman who slaughtered more than two dozen people at a Texas church.

November 16, 2017

California proposal: No kids? Then don't pay school taxes

A California man has proposed a ballot measure to exempt residents who don’t have kids in state public schools from paying the taxes to fund them.

November 7, 2017

Kim Davis to seek re-election as Kentucky county clerk

The Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples will run for re-election in 2018.

October 25, 2017

Federal court mulls challenge to California's prostitution ban

A federal appeals court heard arguments Thursday from activists seeking to overturn California's 145-year ban on commercial sex.

October 24, 2017

Trump asks Alaska senators if he should reverse Obama decision to rename Mount McKinley

President Trump asked Alaska’s two Republican senators what they thought about him reversing former President Barack Obama’s 2015 executive decision changing the name of the tallest mountain in North America from Mount McKinley to Denali – and both asked him not to do it.

October 13, 2017

Democratic AGs sue Trump over ObamaCare subsidy cutoff

Democratic attorneys general from 18 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Friday after the White House announced it would end payments to health insurers under ObamaCare.

October 5, 2017

Justice Department scraps transgender workplace protections

Federal civil rights law does not protect transgender people from discrimination at work, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a memo released Thursday that rescinds guidance issued under the Obama administration.