Issues - Page 40

June 29, 2017

Nevada to legalize pot possession this weekend, as debate rages

Call it a "strip"-tease: Nevada this weekend will technically legalize marijuana possession, but that doesn't mean gamblers and revelers can light up on the Las Vegas Strip.

June 25, 2017

Nikki Haley says she and son were booed at NY restaurant during gay pride parade

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley took to Twitter Sunday to claim that she and her son were heckled as they left a New York City restaurant while the city's annual Gay Pride Parade was taking place.

June 22, 2017

California bans state travel to Texas, 3 other states over anti-LGBT laws

California's attorney general blocked state-funded travel to Texas and three other states on Thursday in response to what he considers anti-LGBT rights laws enacted this year.

June 22, 2017

Texas governor signs bill targeting sanctuary cities

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Sunday prohibiting the state's cities and counties from enacting so-called "sanctuary" laws that prevent local law enforcement officers from inquiring about the immigration status of anyone they detain.

June 22, 2017

Trump in Iowa: President calls for barring immigrants from welfare for five years

President Trump announced Wednesday night that he will soon ask Congress to pass legislation banning immigrants from accessing public assistance within five years of entering the U.S.

June 21, 2017

Chicago-area school officials don't like 'no guns' stickers that picture guns

School officials in a Chicago suburb are not thrilled with a state law passed last year requiring schools to post a "no gun" sticker featuring an Image of a handgun with a red slash through it.

June 21, 2017

Gov. Cuomo: Pro-life people not welcome in New York

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo believes that pro-life activists along with anti-gay activists, and supporters of the Second Amendment, are not welcome in his state.

June 21, 2017

State government dependence on federal funding growing at alarming rate

Only 11 states depended on the federal government for more than one-third of their total revenues in 2001.

June 21, 2017

GOP governors launch campaign to rebrand the party

The Republican Party is already at war with itself, but its fight is spreading.

June 21, 2017

California minimum wage hike will cost 190k jobs, according to conservative think tank

California's planned increase of its minimum wage to $10 an hour will cost the state 190,000 jobs, a new report from the conservative think tank American Action Forum estimates.