May 31, 2016 Women sue Colorado city over topless ban, calling it discriminatory A growing movement to remove laws against women going topless is headed to court in Colorado.
May 25, 2016 South Carolina Gov. Haley signs bill banning abortions at 20 weeks Republican Gov. Nikki Haley signed legislation Wednesday that immediately outlaws most abortions in South Carolina at 20 weeks beyond fertilization.
May 19, 2016 California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures Democrats in the California Senate approved a wide-ranging series of gun control bills Thursday, reviving an effort to significantly tighten California's already strict gun laws in the wake of last year's terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
May 18, 2016 South Carolina lawmakers approve bill banning abortion after 19 weeks The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting abortion after 19 weeks, becoming the 17th state to pass the restrictive ban.
May 18, 2016 Judge halts enforcement of a portion of DC's strict gun law A federal judge in Washington halted enforcement of a portion of the city's strict gun law Tuesday in a ruling that conflicts with another judge's assessment of the law earlier this year and sets up two competing views for a higher court.
May 13, 2016 More than 400 homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy auctioned off Matt Price and his wife, Carla, are gambling that the devastation inflicted by Superstorm Sandy will be their key to the American dream of home ownership.
May 9, 2016 California Assembly passes gender-neutral restrooms bill California lawmakers passed a proposal Monday that would require all single-person public restrooms to be gender neutral, hours after North Carolina's governor sued the federal government to defend that state's law requiring transgender people to use the restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate.
May 3, 2016 Georgia governor vetoes 'campus-carry' concealed gun bill Georgia's Republican governor vetoed a bill Tuesday allowing concealed handguns on college campuses, rejecting the proposal that a legislature controlled by his own party had easily approved in an election year.
May 2, 2016 Child vaccine mandate, minimum wage hikes and more taking effect in new year New sex ed and child vaccine mandates, higher minimum wages and relaxed pot penalties are among the new state and local laws sweeping into effect next week when the new year arrives.
May 2, 2016 Special districts -- with power to tax -- grow like weeds in Texas When former Texas Comptroller Susan Combs issued a report in 2012 on special purpose districts — largely invisible layers of government with the power to charge property and sales taxes — there were 1,675 of the suckers.
