Arizona’s Brewer to Abandon Pot Suit, Allow Dispensaries
Arizona’s Brewer to Abandon Pot Suit, Allow Dispensaries January 15, 2012, 10:33 AM EST Business Exchange E-mail Print More From Businessweek Wells Fargo Protesters Arrested After Blocking Headquarters States Streamline Medicaid Using U.S. Funds to Cut Costs Cuomo Proposes New York Fiscal 2013 Budget of $132.5 Billion Few U.S. Cities Recoup Jobs as Economy Arises [...]
Barbour’s Mississippi pardons unusually bold, law experts say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Outgoing Mississippi Governor Haley Barbours unconditional pardons for several convicted murderers still serving prison sentences – among more than 200 acts of clemency in all – was an unusually bold use of executive power, legal experts said on Thursday. Barbours pardons, issued in his last days in office, included more than [...]
Activist exploits election law to have pro-life ads shown during Super Bowl
One of the USs most prominent anti-abortion activists, Randall Terry, is attempting to exploit US election law to force television stations in dozens of cities to air graphic ads featuring aborted foetuses during next months Super Bowl. The airing of one of his spots on a Boston station on Sunday has brought a torrent of [...]
Judge upholds Indiana school voucher law
14 hours ago INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge upheld Indiana’s school voucher law on Friday, rejecting opponents’ arguments that the largest such program in the nation unconstitutionally uses public money to support religion. Marion Superior Court Judge Michael Keele said the School Choice Scholarship program doesn’t violate the state constitution because the state isn’t directly [...]
Scott Walker Collective Bargaining Law: Government Workers Retired In Record …
A record number of Wisconsins government employees retired in 2011, the same year Governor Scott Walker (R) pushed a law that took away the collective bargaining rights of public employees and forced them to contribute more to their health care and pensions. The Wisconsin state pension fund received 18,780 retirement applications from employees of state [...]
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