July 6, 2016 Justice Department asks judge to block NC transgender 'bathroom law' The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to halt North Carolina's law requiring people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates, citing the harassment of transgender people since the measure was enacted earlier this year.
June 30, 2016 Los Angeles votes to put $1.2B homeless measure on November ballot The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to place a $1.2 billion bond measure before voters to raise money to fight homelessness.
June 27, 2016 Missouri governor vetoes bill allowing concealed carry without a permit Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a bill that would have let people carry concealed guns without a permit and expanded their right use weapons in self-defense.
June 24, 2016 Beyond Philly: Other cities already looking to duplicate soda tax plan Even before the ink was dry on Philadelphia’s new soda tax ordinance, other cities were looking to copy it.
June 22, 2016 NYC lawmakers pass a novel requirement for free tampons NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is on track to become the nation's first city to require free tampons and sanitary pads in public schools, homeless shelters and jails after lawmakers approved the idea Tuesday amid a national discussion of the costs of having a period.
June 17, 2016 San Francisco proposal to rent plots of land at popular park yanked after scrutiny A proposal to let people reserve grassy plots of picnic lawn at a popular San Francisco park hit a collective nerve when it was unveiled last month: Within hours, thousands of people signed an online petition to kill the plan, a protest was scheduled and city leaders declared the grass wasn't for sale or rent.
June 9, 2016 San Francisco pol wants flyover ban so Blue Angels can't 'strafe' city In the wake of last week's fatal Blue Angels jet crash in Tennessee, a San Francisco lawmaker wants to ban the famed F/A-18 fighter jets from being able to fly over his city -- and, in his words, "strafe neighborhoods."
June 9, 2016 Philadelphia set to pass 1.5 cent-per-ounce soda tax Philadelphia could soon become the first major U.S. city with a sugary drinks tax after a city council committee voted Wednesday to approve an amended version of a soda tax proposal that would set a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks.
May 28, 2016 Louisiana lawmaker labels Declaration of Independence racist in debate The Declaration of Independence came under attack from an unlikely quarter—a state legislator.
May 28, 2016 California lawmakers quickly pass emergency HIV-organ transplant bill California lawmakers approved emergency legislation Friday to allow a man with HIV to receive part of his HIV-positive husband's liver before the surgery becomes too dangerous, possibly within weeks.
